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Mining companies using the cover of COVID to push through projects
With the public staying home and activists distancing even from fellow activists, the door seems open for pipelines and other controversial developments in Ontario. In... -
Ontario’s energy plans a gas, gas, gas
While world attention was on opposition to fracked gas pipeline plans in Wet’suwet’en territory in northern BC, Enbridge has been ramping up its own pipeline... -
Doug Ford gives reconciliation the shaft
As Coastal GasLink’s plans to pipe liquid natural gas through Wet’suwet’en traditional lands in northern BC continues to mess with national attempts at reconciliation with... -
SNC-Lavalin affair exposes Canadian mining industry’s legacy of abuses abroad
As questions whether the Justin Trudeau government tried to shield Quebec engineering giant SNC-Lavalin from bribery charges over the company’s past dealings in Libya dominated... -
Why on earth would Canadian mining companies want to do business in a war zone?
The last time Canadian mining companies showed an interest in Afghanistan, Canada had troops on the ground and the country was riddled with land mines.... -
Bulls, bears, Trump the talk of mining circus
I’m writing from the 2017 Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) get-together, the mining industry’s annual convention that concluded in Toronto on March 8,... -
Can’t beat em? Eat em!
Tucking into my peach cobbler, I stared at the speckled, yellowish-brown topping, hoping for signs of life. What's the point of eating Formosan termites, I... -
Trouble bubbles in oil and rubble
The green light from the National Energy Board means Line 9 can pump 300,000 barrels a day through a 38-year-old pipeline. Residents along the route... -
Line 9 gets free ride
In giving Enbridge the go-ahead to reverse the flow of crude along its Line 9 Thursday, the National Energy Board (NEB) attached more than three... -
Nuclear failure
It was a meltdown that GE Hitachi and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission likely hoped to avoid. But it happened nonetheless. After two days of... -
Meltdown at GE Hitachi’s Open House
Rob Ford and City Hall aren't the only sideshow in town. An open house for GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Canada held at the Wallace Emerson... -
Saul Chernos on mining’s charm offensive
Curious about how the mining industry's rebranding mission was panning out, so to speak, I headed down to the Mining For Society show May 2... -
Barrick meets its shareholders
I wasn't completely sure what to expect Wednesday morning when I walked towards the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, and the annual general meeting of Barrick... -
Line 9: Big oil’s sticky mess
The last few weeks have been a big, gooey mess for Canadian oil. In the space of mere days, we've seen the dumping of thousands... -
Mining unease
With Idle No More top of the news not so long ago, I was pretty sure the sparks would fly at the 2013 conference of...
