Quito-Ottawa: Yesterday, July 2, 2025, 283 Ecuadorian, Canadian, and international organizations, unions, and coalitions sent a letter expressing deep concern about the systematic criminalization of 29 human rights and land defenders in Bolivar province in Ecuador, due to their legitimate and peaceful opposition to the Canadian owned Curipamba-El Domo mining project.

A North American labour dispute panel is examining allegations union members were threatened into joining a competing union.

by Isaac Phan Nay

The union for workers at the Camino Rojo mine in Zacatecas, Mexico, is calling for Canada and the United States to resolve allegations its members were threatened into joining a competing union.

Orla Mining, a $3.8-billion company based in Vancouver, owns and operates the gold and silver mine, which sits 580 kilometres northwest of Mexico City.

(Unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin Territories – Ottawa) Environmental and civil society groups condemn Parliament’s reckless passage of Bill C-5’s controversial Building Canada Act. The Act erodes democratic principles, runs roughshod over Indigenous rights, shuts Canadians out of decisions that could affect them, and puts the environment at risk.

July 20, 2025 – Global Activation to Stop Deep-Sea Mining: Take to the water for a moratorium 

The work to secure a just future for people and the planet is multigenerational. Making a gift in your will of any size can provide the resources to strengthen and carry on that work. That is why MiningWatch is launching a legacy giving program, to mark the end of 25th anniversary fundraising campaign. 

A gift in your will is an extraordinary way to express hope for the future, and a commitment of solidarity to people and communities fighting to protect the land and water for future generations. 

by Sonal Gupta, The National Observer

More than a decade after the catastrophic collapse of the Mount Polley tailings dam, a BC First Nation is back in court this week challenging the province’s decision to approve expansion of a dam at the same mine.

Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act, including the Building Canada Act, is already a fait accompli. The Conservatives are supporting the Liberal minority to ram it through the House of Commons with no meaningful deliberation and no significant amendments. It is slated to pass third reading by midnight on Friday, June 20, and be passed by the Senate by June 27, when the Senate rises for the summer.

Dear friends, 

Politics are becoming increasingly toxic and the climate is deteriorating, but we continue to resist the dominant industrial model and seek out alternatives. 

The following open letter to President Javier Milei was signed by 39 organizations, including MiningWatch Canada. Argentinian organizations and mining affected communities denounce President’s Milei for trying to pass a presidential decree that would modify the National Glacier protection law in order to allow more industrial mining in highly sensitive ecosystems such as glaciers and periglacial zones - which would heavily benefit Canadian companies, and threaten many communities' drinking water.