The Story of Grassy Narrows - Watershed Sentinel
Jan 19, 2017 · The Grassy Narrows First Nation is granted a reserve on their traditional lands along the Wabigoon River. 1913: Dryden Timber and Power starts the first kraft pulp mill in northwest Ontario. 1962: Dryden Chemical, relying on a mercury-based process to produce bleaching agents for the paper mill nearby, begins dumping untreated mercury waste ...
On the Yellowcake Trail Part One: History of Uranium Mining in …
Jun 10, 2009 · Yellowcake is the bright yellow uranium powder produced when raw uranium ore is crushed and purified. It is actually a mixture of uranium oxides, mostly U3O8 (urania), and ranges in colour from yellow to orange to dark green. It is this yellowcake that is packaged in steel drums, traded and sent across the world to be further processed, converted to different forms, enriched and used in the ...
Watershed Sentinel - Canada’s Award-Winning Environmental …
Nov 23, 2016 · Western Canada’s award-winning environmental news magazine. The Watershed Sentinel has been the voice of the grassroots environmental movement in BC (and beyond) for over 25 years.
Indigenous Science & Technology - Watershed Sentinel
Oct 2, 2018 · Indigenous technology is intended to enhance the ability. to maintain and renew balance and harmony. within a multi-dimensional environment. Indigenous technology is created within a. sensory environment that builds on our sense of. …
Impact of Natural Gas in the Marine Environment
October 9, 2012. During drilling and extraction of gas deposits from the sea floor, releases of gas into the marine environment are inevitable. Gas is dumped into the sea mixed in with produced water, may leak from pipelines, tankers and underwater storage tanks, or may be released during catastrophic well blowouts, explosions and smaller ...
On the Yellowcake Trail Part Two: Uranium Mining in Canada
Sep 15, 2009 · The yellowcake travels most likely by truck from Saskatoon to the refinery in Blind River, Ontario. The Blind River refinery also gets shipments of yellowcake for processing from around the world. Most of the purified uranium is trucked from Blind River to Port Hope, 600 kilometres away. The rest is sent to the UK for enrichment.
Canadian Hemp Fibre is Finally Ready for Takeoff
Jun 13, 2019 · Hemp is bred to produce high fibre yield, high seed yield, or a dual-purpose compromise between the traits. Until recently, nearly all hemp grown in Canada was grown for food. To farm hemp for fibre, a hurdle remained. It was “classic chicken and egg,” says Jan Slaski, a long time hemp researcher with InnoTech Alberta, an arm of the Alberta ...
Muskrat Falls report slams Nalcor CEO, province
On March 10, the long-awaited 1,000-plus page final report of the Muskrat Falls inquiry became public, revealing a project so misguided and predetermined that the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador “failed in its duty to ensure that the best interests of the province’s residents were safeguarded.”. The report’s executive summary ...
Stop the Spray: Glyphosate, Forest Monoculture, and Fire
September 27, 2023. Burnt ground and unburnt aspen trunks after the Monte Creek fire, 2021 | Photo: James Steidle / Stop the Spray BC. Thousands of hectares of Canadian forest are sprayed every year with glyphosate, a weed-killing agent, for the sole purpose of killing off grasses, shrubs, and deciduous trees. Yes, really.
Site C and NAWAPA | Watershed Sentinel
According to BC agronomist Wendy Holm, Site C “is exactly where it needs to be to deliver continental water-sharing plans” like NAWAPA, the North American Water and Power Alliance. The highly controversial BC Hydro Site C dam project will create an 83-kilometre-long reservoir in the Peace River Valley, which is already the site of two ...