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Maps Offer First Time, Nationwide Overview of Impacts of Outdated Mining Law - Report Details Free Entry Mining Conflicts with First Nations, Conservation and Wildlife

OTTAWA, May 14 - A report and set of maps released today offer a first time overview of the extent to which mining claims staked under an outdated free entry system conflict with Aboriginal rights, private landowners, conservation, wildlife, and other values in Canada's Boreal Forest. The report calls for modernizing the mining law.

Jocelynn Petawanick from North Caribou First Nation (Weagamow Lake) and Rena Kakegamic from Keewaywin First Nation (both students at Pelican Falls First Nations High School) write about their e-Spirit Conference experience ...

E-Spirit Day #1: