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Fix Mining Laws

Many facets of Canadian mining laws date back to another era and are out of step with current values and expectations. Mining is given priority over Indigenous peoples' lands, parks and protected areas and private property.

Friends of MiningWatch

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) Walks to Parliament Hill to Say "No" to Treaty Violations

01.01.2013
Friends of MiningWatch

Taku River Tlingit Joint Clan Forum Rejects Proposed Tulsequah Chief Project

28.11.2012
Blog

Ontario First Nations Put a Damper on Ring of Fire Development

26.11.2012
Guest Publication

No Means No: The Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug and the Fight for Resource Sovereignty

26.11.2012
Blog

Parti Québécois Scuttles Plans to Re-open Asbestos Mines

26.11.2012
Blog

Changes Coming to National Mine Effluent Regulations

26.11.2012
News Release

Keno Residents Want Out - Residents Say Alexco’s Mining Activities Are Compromising Tourism, Causing Health Fears, Threatening Water Supply and Lowering Quality of Life

26.11.2012
Blog

Living Near a Mine Can Be the Pits

02.11.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Chieftain Metals’ Tulsequah Chief Mine Proposal Faces Major Obstacles Despite New Chinese Partner

03.10.2012
News Release

Fifth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Urgent action needed to ensure that the human rights of Indigenous peoples aren’t violated by resource development at home and abroad

12.09.2012
Blog

Will the Quebec Election Mean the End of Asbestos Mining and Exports?

06.09.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Frustrations with Chieftain and Canadian Agencies Lead to Calls for New Cleanup Plan

22.08.2012
News Release

Guatemala’s Highest Court to Hear Landmark Indigenous Challenge Against Mining Law

20.07.2012
Blog

Death of Evidence Rally: How Budget Cuts Will Affect Mining Issues

19.07.2012
Publication

Introduction to the Legal Framework for Mining in Canada

18.07.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Algonquin Chiefs Issue Ultimatum to Matamec & Toyota Tsusho Corp.: Finalize Exploration Agreement or Cease Activities at Rare Earths Deposit

28.06.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Chiefs Prepare Eviction Notice to Mining Companies Working in the Ring of Fire

25.06.2012
News Release

Nautilus Seabed Mining Experiment Falters: Dispute with PNG Government, Opposition by Pacific and Canadian Citizens, Financing Woes

20.06.2012
Blog

Mining Threatens One of BC’s Largest Sockeye Salmon Runs

15.06.2012
Blog

KI Achieves Protection for 23,000 Square Kilometres; Ontario Makes Another Multi-million Dollar Buy-out

15.06.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Mining Development a Sneak Attack on Public Lands, Waters: San Gold Corporation Starting New Toxic Tailings Pond Near Wanipigow River Before Environmental Licence Issued

12.06.2012
Blog

“I Thought They Were Shareholders.” My First Look at a Hearing with the CNSC, Our Nuclear Watchdog

08.06.2012
News Release

MiningWatch Welcomes Cree Call for Uranium Moratorium

06.06.2012
Blog

The Doctrine of Discovery: its enduring impact on indigenous peoples and the right to redress for past conquests

08.05.2012
Blog

Ontario Government Misses Opportunity to Increase Revenues from Mining

30.03.2012
News Release

Keno City Residents and Businesses Suffering the Effects of Yukon Mining Boom as Alexco Takes Over the Town

20.03.2012
News Release

First Nation and Conservation Groups Seek Investigation of Exploration Company God’s Lake Resources by Securities Regulator

20.03.2012
Blog

Eroding Democracy: FTAs, Corporate Rights and Resource Extraction in the Americas

19.03.2012
News Release

Taseko Lawsuit Won’t Stop Opposition to “New” Prosperity Mine Project

06.03.2012
News Release

Taseko Mines’ Libel Chill Bid to Silence Opposition Won’t Work - Tŝilhqot’in

05.03.2012
Publication

Troubled Waters: How Mine Waste Dumping is Poisoning Our Oceans, Rivers and Lakes

28.02.2012
News Release

Royalties, Environment and Citizens’ Rights: Survey Results Support Demands of Quebec Mining Reform Coalition

27.02.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Chieftain Metals’ Proposed Tulsequah Chief Mine Fraught with Risks and Uncertainties – New Report

27.02.2012
Blog

Indigenous Rights and Mining: Submissions to the UN Committe on Elimination of Racial Discrimination

23.02.2012
News Release

MiningWatch Canada Welcomes Drummond Commission’s Recommendation to Examine Mining Taxes

16.02.2012
News Release

Two Killed in Panama Mining Protests

08.02.2012
News Release

Honduran Civil Society Groups Reject Proposed Mining Law That Puts Corporate Interests Before Human Rights

24.01.2012
News Release

Wahgoshig First Nation (Ontario) Wins Injunction Against Solid Gold Resources' Exploration

04.01.2012
News Release

Decision Pending in Wahgoshig First Nation's Injunction Motion against Solid Gold Resources Corp.

22.12.2011
Blog

Diamonds and Development: Attawapiskat and the Victor Diamond Mine

15.12.2011
Guest Publication

Decolonizing Environmental Management: A Case Study of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug

02.12.2011
Blog

Surviving a Mine: Canada’s Uranium District and the Western Mining Action Network Conference 2011

29.11.2011
Blog

New Brunswickers Persevere Through Gruelling Hearings

29.11.2011
Blog

Indigenous Rights and Mining – Recent Developments, Opportunities and Challenges

29.11.2011
Blog

Robert Del Tredici Talks About Karl Morgan, Father of Radiation Safety

29.11.2011
Blog

Photographer and Storyteller Robert Del Tredici on the History of Port Radium, Northwest Territories

29.11.2011
Blog

Gordon Edwards of CCNR: should uranium mining be allowed?

29.11.2011
Blog

Consultation: a fairly limited concept

29.11.2011
News Release

Ontario Labour Movement Warns of Ipperwash in the Making if Province Does Not Stop Violation of KI Sacred Burial Sites and Exploitation of Land

29.11.2011
Blog

Robert Lovelace Address to Amnesty International, Toronto

01.11.2011
Guest Publication

The Theory and Practice of Perpetual Care of Contaminated Sites

04.10.2011
News Release

Northern Ontario First Nation Calls On McGuinty to Stop Mining Activity on Sacred Burial Sites

27.09.2011
News Release

Algonquins Oppose Quebec Mining Act and Proposed Changes in Bill 14

22.08.2011
News Release

Lawsuit Against Mining Activist Rejected by Quebec Court

02.08.2011
News Release

Innu Forced to Protest Cap-Ex Ventures’ Exploration Activities

28.07.2011
News Release

Barriere Lake First Nation Celebrates Mining Company's Retreat!

22.07.2011
News Release

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

14.06.2011
News Release

Taseko’s “New Prosperity” PR Misrepresents Panel Findings

09.06.2011
Blog

Overview of Federal Review Panel Findings and Taseko’s “New Prosperity” Project

09.06.2011
News Release

Tsilhqot’in Nation call on Governments to Reject Re-Submitted “New Prosperity” Mine

08.06.2011

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