Posts Tagged ‘environmentalism’

2014 Registration for Northshore’s Largest Tradeshow NOW OPEN!

2014 Registration for Northshore’s Largest Tradeshow NOW OPEN!

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]

Two Companies Fined Total of $27,000 for Illegally Building Mining Camp

Two Companies Fined Total of $27,000 for Illegally Building Mining Camp

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]

Marathon PGM-Cu Mine Project Public Hearing Cancelled, Environmental Assessment Suspended

Marathon PGM-Cu Mine Project Public Hearing Cancelled, Environmental Assessment Suspended

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]

Stillwater Mining Company Announces Suspension of Marathon Permitting Process

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]

Stillwater Requests Suspension of Marathon PGM-Cu Environmental Assessment & Public Hearing

Stillwater Requests Suspension of Marathon PGM-Cu Environmental Assessment & Public Hearing

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]

New Marathon PGM-Cu Joint Review Panel Co-Manager

New Marathon PGM-Cu Joint Review Panel Co-Manager

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]

Stillwater Responses to SIR No.5 ‘Hare Lake’

Stillwater Responses to SIR No.5 ‘Hare Lake’

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]

Stillwater responsdes to SIRs Issued Aug.30.2013

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]

Mantha’s News from the Park

Mantha’s News from the Park

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]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: 10 Questions For Energy East

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: 10 Questions For Energy East

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]

Hearing on Nuclear Waste Burial Plan Announced for September

Hearing on Nuclear Waste Burial Plan Announced for September

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]

Once Flourishing Barehead Lake Pickerel Fishery In Need Of Responsible Angling Again

Once Flourishing Barehead Lake Pickerel Fishery In Need Of Responsible Angling Again

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]

Joint Review Panel Invites Public Comment on Draft Public Hearing Procedures for Proposed Marathon PGM-Cu Mine

Joint Review Panel Invites Public Comment on Draft Public Hearing Procedures for Proposed Marathon PGM-Cu Mine

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]

Marathon Joint Review Panel Seeks Public Feedback Regarding Pic River First Nation’s Request for Confidentiality

Marathon Joint Review Panel Seeks Public Feedback Regarding Pic River First Nation’s Request for Confidentiality

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]

Minister Shea tries, unsuccessfully, to defend cancellation of Experimental Lakes Area science program

Minister Shea tries, unsuccessfully, to defend cancellation of Experimental Lakes Area science program

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]

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