Archive - Feb 14, 2008
Support for Attawapiskat First Nation in efforts to get their new school provided by Timmins
February 14, 2008 - 10:17pm | by brianbeatonSupport for school testy topic
Keith Lacey
Should city councillors in Timmins be voicing their opinion about how senior levels of government conduct their business in remote communities hundreds of miles away?
Environmentalists working with First Nations in struggle to protect lands and waterways
February 14, 2008 - 10:04pm | by brianbeatonEnvironmentalists raise concerns over mining claims in Ont. boreal forest
By Michael Oliveira, THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO - The approval of a new De Beers Canada exploration project and some 1,500 other mining claims in Ontario's northern boreal forest suggests the provincial government is putting the interests of the mining industry before the concerns of the region's residents, environmentalists said Wednesday.