Yellowknives Dene demand Ottawa make good on ‘Giant mine monster’
‘Our land is spoiled. It’s not like what it was,’ said Dettah Chief Edward Sangris.
Arsenic
Ottawa is cleaning up Yellowknife’s Giant Mine on the inside, but what about contaminants outside the fence?
The Dene in Yellowknife is wondering if the federal government will be cleaning up the environment around the former Giant mine.
Oversight board tells Ottawa to apologize, and compensate Dene for Giant mine debacle
Charlotte Morritt-Jacobs APTN National News An oversight body made up of government, and First Nation…
Territory now conducting its own testing of lakes around Yellowknife for arsenic
The department of Health in the Northwest Territories is now conducting it’s own arsenic testing of lakes around Yellowknife.
Lake near Yellowknife been unsafe for decades because of arsenic
Charlotte Morritt-Jacobs APTN National News Earlier this month the Northwest Territories government announced a lake…
Residents warned of arsenic in lakes around Yellowknife
Chief medical officer has released a health advisory.
Poison from former Yellowknife gold mine has spread to surrounding lakes: report
Iman Kassam APTN National News Chemicals from a former gold mine long closed has spread…
Federal government close to signing off on billion dollar clean-up plan for Giant Gold Mine
By Cullen Crozier APTN Investigates Measures to address the ongoing public concern over the clean-up…