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Giant Mine

The tower at Giant Mine is shown. After 50 years in operation, the site has become a liability that needs to be cleaned up. (CBC)
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Canada: Team talks with First Nations community about decommissioned mine

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 26, 2013 at 11:31
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The Giant Mine remediation team met with people in the First Nations community of  N’dilo in Canada’s Northwest Territories on Wednesday. They

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There are 237,000 tonnes of toxic arsenic trioxide dust stored in massive chambers below Giant Mine. (CBC)
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Conditional OK for Yellowknife mine cleanup in Canada’s Northwest Territories

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 15:16
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A northern review board has given its conditional stamp of approval to a federal cleanup plan for an abandoned gold

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Crews will begin removing asbestos and arsenic trioxide found in the roaster complex at Yellowknife's Giant Mine this summer. (CBC)
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Clean-up work to begin on mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 15:01
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Crews will begin removing asbestos and arsenic trioxide found in the roaster complex at the Giant Mine in this summer,

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The Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development says that the cost to clean up the contaminated Giant Mine site in Yellowknife could still grow from the current estimates, which put it at $903 million. (CBC)
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Canada denies mine’s $1B cleanup cost

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 16:25
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The federal government of Canada maintains there has been no increase to the costs of cleaning up the Giant Mine

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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