Posts Tagged ‘environmentalism’
Written by Sean Irwin on 15 February 2014
Registration for the 2014 Green Tradeshow is now open! Please visit www.greentradeshow.ca where you will find a exhibitor package, map and directions, and a registration form (also see attached). The 2012 Green Tradeshow had 750 people in attendance and 80 exhibitor tables. This year’s [Read more]
Written by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on 13 February 2014
A mining company and a construction and mining services company have been fined under the Public Lands Act for illegally building a mining camp. Vancouver-based Fancamp Explorations Ltd. pleaded guilty and Webequie Logistics Ltd. of Thunder Bay was found guilty of carrying out construction work [Read more]
Written by Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency on 31 January 2014
Further to yesterday’s information , the Panel has issued a letter in response to Stillwater Canada’s Inc. request to suspend the environmental assessment process. The letter is available on the public registry at: http://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/050/documents/p54755/98244E.pdf. The Panel has [Read more]
Written by NewsWire on 31 January 2014
BILLINGS, MT — (Marketwired) — STILLWATER MINING COMPANY (NYSE: SWC) (TSX: SWC.U)(the “Company”) today announced that Stillwater Canada Inc has requested that the joint review panel suspend the Marathon project environmental assessment and panel hearings until further [Read more]
Written by Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency on 30 January 2014
Dear Interested Parties, Please see the attached letter from Stillwater Canada Inc. requesting that the environmental assessment process, including the public hearing, for the proposed Marathon PGM-Cu Mine Project be suspended until further notice to allow the proponent to complete an evaluation of [Read more]
Written by Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency on 20 January 2014
Please be advised that Colette Spagnuolo will be taking over as the Joint Review Panel co-manager for the Marathon Mine Project. Questions regarding the Project should be directed to either Colette at (613) 957-0541or Jeff Sewell at (705) 670-5872 or e-mail the Marathon Mine inbox [Read more]
Written by Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency on 13 November 2013
Stillwater Canada Inc. has submitted response to Supplementary Information Request No 5 – Hare Lake issued by the Joint Review Panel on August 30, 2013. The responses are available on the public registry at the following link: Response to SIR [Read more]
Written by Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency on 07 November 2013
Stillwater Canada Inc. has submitted responses to two Supplementary Information Requests issued by the Joint Review Panel on August 30, 2013. Response to SIR 1 – Assessment of Alternative Rail Load-out Locations and Rail Shunting Noise Criteria Response to SIR 10 – Human Health Risk [Read more]
Written by MPP Michael Mantha on 21 October 2013
Last Thursday Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller released his annual report. The report outlined how the governing liberals have virtually dismantled all existing environmental protections within the province. The Commissioner laid out how major changes within the budget give the [Read more]
Written by Reader Submission on 28 September 2013
From Edgar J. Lavoie, Greenstone, ON Ten Questions to Ask Energy East TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline is holding information centres in our region. I attended the one in Geraldton on September 26th. I studied the maps and the poster boards, and collected the literature. I did not [Read more]
Written by Reader Submission on 26 June 2013
Workshop in Mindemoya in Advance of July 5th Deadline to Register MINDEMOYA, ON – A federal hearing on a proposal to bury a mix of radioactive wastes on the shore of Lake Huron has been announced, with only seventeen days for members to public to register their interest in participating. A [Read more]
Written by admin on 03 June 2013
MANITOUWADGE, ON – At this time of year anglers thoughts are turning to open water fishing and for many Barehead Lake comes to mind. The Barehead Lake pickerel fishery once flourished however in the late 1960’s it succumbed to fishing pressure. In the 70’s the MNR and the local “Walleye [Read more]
Written by Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency on 31 January 2013
Joint Review Panel Invites Public Comment on Public Hearing Procedures for Proposed Marathon Platinum Group Metals and Copper Mine Project January 31, 2013 – The Joint Panel reviewing the proposed Marathon Platinum Group Metals and Copper Mine project invites the public to comment on the draft [Read more]
Written by Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency on 17 January 2013
On January 14, 2013, the Marathon Joint Review Panel received a Request for Confidentiality from the Ojibways of the Pic River First Nation. The request is available on the public registry at the following link: http://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/050/documents/p54755/84347E.pdf. As per the Procedures for [Read more]
Written by Press Release on 21 November 2012
FROM: Coalition to Save ELA OTTAWA, ON – Yesterday, Acting Fisheries Minister Gale Shea fumbled through questions to explain the unsound decision by the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to cancel its Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) program. Over six months have passed since the [Read more]