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Nov 10, 2008

Ontario Urged to Force Companies to Pay for Clean-Up of Mines

Ontario must catch up to other provinces and fix loopholes that have left taxpayers on the hook for the estimated $500-million cost of cleaning up abandoned mine sites across the province, a new report urges. Lax regulations have allowed mine owners to walk away from 5,700 mine sites in Ontario, 4,000 of which the government has deemed to be potentially hazardous to public health and the environment, it said.

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Feb 03, 2012

AFN Water Conference March 5-7, 2012 Edmonton

Feb 02, 2012

Proposal Writing Workshop Feb 27-28, 2012 Ottawa

Feb 02, 2012

Obesogens: An Environmental Link to Obesity (research)

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