This edition, we take another look at some of the many interesting stories we covered this week with the regular team back at their desks, Wojtek, Lynn, and myself.
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murder and the rape of 11 women is at the centre
of a lawsuit against Canadian mining company Hudbay
Minerals. © Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors
Although Wojtek was with us this week, he was busy and unable to join us in studio this time around. Nonetheless he’ls left us one of his stories.
He reported on an international legal case. A Canadian court has ruled that a lawsuit brought against a Canadian mining company over allegations of its responsibility for rapes and a murder at its mining project in Guatemala, can proceed in a Canadian court.
then, an international panel of scientists is calling on Canada to ensure that at least half of the boreal forest, is preserved.
The Boreal forest stretches across thousands of kilometers from the Yukon right across to Newfoundland. the scientists say development, industrial activity and logging are posing a threat to a resource that is
require vast areas of untouched wilderness in
order to survive
© Canadian Caribou Initiative- Valerie Courtois
vital in absorbing greenhouse gas (C02), in cleaning freshwater and helping the northern sea ice sheets to form which mitigates global warming, and in providing a home for billions of birds and animals.
The scientists says failure to preserve the forest will have severe consequences on the climate world wide.
and Lynn has a story about an historic railway station, known to thousands of Quebec residents and skiers. It was part of what was called, le train du nord, the train north ran for about 100 years from Montreal to the Laurentian mountains.
For decades, the train would be filled on winter weekends with city residents eager to spend the time skiing on the slopes, and enjoying the peace of the region, along with cozy restaurants and bars.
heart of the Laurentians © Daniele Monette
The train ceased operations in the 1990’s and the tracks removed and turned into a cycling and walking path, which has now proved to be very popular
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