Algonquins Oppose Quebec Mining Act and Proposed Changes in Bill 14

News release from Algonquin First Nations of Eagle Village and Wolf Lake: Last week, the Algonquin First Nations of Eagle Village and Wolf Lake sent a letter to Premier Charest indicating their rejection of the current Quebec Mining Act and Bill 14, a bill that proposes to modify the Act.

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Wolf Lake First Nation, Eagle Village First Nation
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Elmtree Mine Proposal Raising Concerns

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For a relatively small project, Castle Resources' proposed Elmtree gold mine is raising a lot of concerns amongst the citizens of north-eastern New Brunswick.

No Social Licence and a Long List of Inadequacies, Yet Federal Review Panel Recommends Approval of Matoush Uranium Exploration Project

News release: Despite acknowledging that project does not have a social licence to proceed and identifying a long list inadequacies in the environmental assessment, the panel makes a finding that the project is unlikely to have significant environmental effects and recommends approval of the project, albeit with a host of unenforceable conditions.

Innu Forced to Protest Cap-Ex Ventures’ Exploration Activities

News release: MiningWatch Canada was alarmed to learn today that Cap-Ex Ventures Ltd. (Cap-Ex), a Vancouver-based junior, has proceeded with exploration activities in direct violation of agreements made with the Innu of Uashat mak Mani-Utenam (ITUM) who have made considerable efforts to engage with the company and reach an agreement for exploration to proceed on their traditional territory.

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Murder in El Salvador Calls Canadian Mining Interests Into Question

Joint news release with Council of Canadians and Common Frontiers: Yet another anti-mining activist has been murdered in El Salvador. Canadian civil society organizations are calling for a full investigation into the murder of Juan Francisco Durán Ayala, the fourth such death in two years that local organizations believe are linked to the presence of Vancouver-based Pacific Rim Mining in the department of Cabañas.

ACTION ALERT: Student Anti-Mining Activist Assassinated in El Salvador – Call on the Attorney General and the Minister of Security to Investigate!

Salvadoran Juan Francisco Durán Ayala, anti-mining activist and university student, has been murdered (background information below). Join the Environmental Committee of Cabañas (CAC) and Juan Francisco's family in calling on the Attorney General and National Civilian Police to carry out an exhaustive investigation into the material and intellectual authors of this brutal murder and to and protect the lives of all anti-mining activists in El Salvador.

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Over 200 Health Advocates Tell Prime Minister Harper - “It’s time to put human health ahead of asbestos!”

In an open letter released today, over two hundred environmental and health groups, labour unions and scientists from Asia, Africa, North & South America and Europe [including MiningWatch Canada], call on Prime Minister Harper to stop preventing the UN Rotterdam Convention from adding chrysotile asbestos to its list of hazardous substances. Chrysotile asbestos represents 100% of the global asbestos trade.

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