Guess what we've been up to
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- Published on Friday, 05 October 2018 11:40
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We're out in the world this week!
Deputy editor Jimmy Thomson and photographer Matt Jacques went to the abandoned Giant Mine site outside of Yellowknife — Canada's second-worst environmental liability — to see for themselves what one of the country's most contaminated sites looks like.
The billion-dollar cleanup will take down 100 buildings, decontaminate arsenic-laden water and even scrub some of the soil clean of toxic chemicals.
Meanwhile, reporter Judith Lavoie is in Wood Buffalo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site (photo courtesy of Louis Brockner/Sierra Club BC). Pushed to the brink by oilsands development and dams upstream on the Peace River, Canada's largest national park has been threatened with being placed on the ignominious "World Heritage in Danger" list.
Those stories will be coming soon, so stay tuned! For now, keep scrolling to see the great stories we brought to you this week.
Emma Gilchrist
Editor-in-Chief, The Narwhal
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How a B.C. community’s water shortage threatens a provincial park
By Sarah CoxThe Sunshine Coast is grappling with the impacts of climate change on a once abundant water supply. Now the community is considering piping new water supplies from Chapman Lake in Tetrahedron Provincial Park, a 6,000-hectare wilderness area. Read more.
The global danger of locking in oilsands growth
By James Wilt
The oilsands are producing more oil than ever before. We spoke to the author of a new report about how that growth in production — and emissions — is putting the world at risk. Read more.
Opinion: It’s time to update B.C.’s gold-rush era mining laws
By Jacinda Mack and Loretta WilliamsFirst Nations’ experience of mining in B.C. has been negative from the outset. Canada has more mine-tailings spills than any other country in the world except China. Without significant changes to current mining practices, B.C. alone can expect two tailings-dam failures every 10 years. Read more
Canada leads G7 in oil and gas subsidies: new report
By Sarah CoxCanada is a great place to be in the oil and gas business, with a federal government keen to hand out cash.
The country provides more government support for oil and gas companies than any other G7 nation and is among the least transparent about fossil fuel subsidies, a new report reveals. Read more.
Finding safe routes across melting Arctic ice with new tech and Inuit knowledge
By Jimmy Thomson
One in 12 people surveyed in Nain, Labrador, fell through the ice in 2010.
“People were afraid to travel on their traditional trails...People were afraid to use the ice.”
New tech and traditional knowledge could prevent that in the future. r33
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