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The Yukon provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa,  Monday July 6, 2020. Yukon government mining officials say a recent ore-slide at a central gold mine was the second time the heap leach facility has failed this year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Ore slide at Yukon’s Victoria Gold mine not the first this year: government officials

Yukon government mining officials say a recent slide of ore at a gold mine in the territory was the second such failure this...

Global Chief Executive of Rio Tinto Aluminium Jerome Pecresse speaks during a business luncheon at The Canadian Club in Montreal, Monday, April 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Rio Tinto and Quebec to invest $375M to build pilot carbon free smelter

The pilot operation is a critical step toward full-scale industrialization of the Elysis technology which eliminates direct greenhouse gas emissions from the smelting...

The Yukon's Department of Energy Mines and Resources says contaminated water from a landslide and equipment failure at a central Yukon mine is being pumped into storage ponds, while the investigation continues into what went wrong. The Yukon provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Monday July 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
EnvironmentMiningNews

Dams, storage ponds, used to hold contaminated water after Yukon mine landslide

MAYO, YUKON — Contaminated water that overflowed in a landslide and equipment failure at a Yukon gold mine is being pumped into storage...

A refiner pours bars of gold at a mine in Canada on Wednesday, August 24, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
InfrastructureMineralsMiningNews

Yukon mine halts operations after system failure, says infrastructure damaged

A technical report suggested "significant" heap leach failure had caused a landslide near a mine in Yukon.

Fission Uranium Corp. logo is shown in a handout. The company has signed a deal to be acquired by Australian company Paladin Energy Ltd. in an agreement valued at about $1.1 billion. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
BusinessFinanceLegislationMiningNewsNuclear Power

Paladin Energy buying Canada’s Fission Uranium in stock deal valued at $1.1 billion

Fission Uranium Corp has signed a deal to be acquired by Australian company Paladin Energy Ltd.

The company behind a liquefied natural gas project near Squamish, B.C., has withdrawn its application for a temporary use permit from the local government to allow the anchoring of a converted cruise ship to house workers in Howe Sound. A water taxi driver approaches a renovated cruise ship known as a "floatel" that Woodfibre LNG plans to use to house 600 construction workers at a liquefied natural gas export facility being built near Squamish, during a media tour in Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, May 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
BusinessLabourLiquefied Natural GasNewsPolitics

LNG company plans to use ‘floatel’ near Squamish, B.C., without local permit

Woodfibre LNG, the company behind a project near Squamish, B.C., has withdrawn its application for a local permit to house workers in a...

Environment Canada says a "period of very hot and humid weather is expected" in most parts of New Brunswick as summer marks its debut. A girl cools off in a fountain as a heat wave hits Toronto Thursday, July 21, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Heat warnings issued for Canadian province of New Brunswick

Environment Canada is forecasting a period of "very hot" and humid weather across most of New Brunswick as summer marks its debut.

Taseko Mines Ltd, says it has reached a tentative agreement with striking employees at its Gibraltar Mine in central British Columbia. The Taseko Mines logo is shown in an undated handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Taseko Mines
BusinessLabourMiningNews

Taseko says tentative deal reached with striking workers at Gibraltar mine

VANCOUVER — Taseko Mines Ltd. said it had reached a tentative agreement with striking employees at its Gibraltar Mine in central British Columbia....

Residents use rock to reinforce the shore line due to rising sea levels and coastal erosion in parts of Lennox Island, P.E.I., on April 25, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaugh
AnalysisClimateEnvironmentReportsWeather

Immersive video game by P.E.I. researchers reveals vulnerability to flooding, erosion

The video game has become an important tool in helping P.E.I. residents understand the impact of coastal erosion caused by sea level rise.

Smoke pours from the stacks in Toronto on Thursday January 15, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gu
EconomyEmissionsNewsPolitics

Here’s a look at the nuts and bolts of the Liberals’ new carbon pricing data in Canada

A snapshot of what the newly released data on the economic and emissions impact of carbon pricing.

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