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International Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne will announce the creation of a long-awaited human rights watchdog for Canadian businesses operating abroad on Wednesday.

Cecilia Rojas, a resident of the small Panamanian village of Coclesito, is angry. She wants her cash, and she wants it now.

For human rights defenders putting their lives on the line in Guatemala, justice could hinge on an unfulfilled election promise of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

There will be no provincial charges for a tailings dam collapse in B.C. but the province’s new environment minister says a mining company may still be held responsible through federal laws.

It’s time to choose, and choose not for the past, but for the future, write two members of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.

Canadians may have difficulty finding out how governments are allowing industry to explore, alter or remove resources from publicly-owned land, new research has revealed.

The total price tag was estimated at under $25 million when the federal government agreed to pay for half the cleanup of a radioactive Cold-War-era uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan.

Rapes, beatings, and arrests are common at the Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea, nearly 50 per cent of which is owned by the Toronto-based mining giant, Barrick Gold.

Un juge fédéral argentin étudie la possibilité de fermer définitivement la mine d’or Veladero opérée par la compagnie canadienne Barrick Gold.

FortisBC defends position in lobbying and political cash report, says it also speaks to government about renewables, emissions reductions

An environmentally-just approach would recognize the personal and collective dignity of the Indigenous people and other villagers living above subterranean treasures.

The mining excluding oil and gas extraction subsector increased two per cent.

Wynne says it's time to separate the bottled water companies from the many other sectors that have water taking permits, including mining, construction and the steel industry.

Jules Blais of the University of Ottawa says analysis of a small lake on the edge of the mine lease shows important plants and insects have been wiped out by arsenic contamination.

The kerfuffle has prompted one of the women featured in the KWG Resources video, entitled "5 Interesting ’Ring of Fire’ Facts," to defend it on her Twitter feed.