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Wildlands League concerned science sacrificed for quick business deal

Ring of Fire decision pre-empts environmental assessment

May 9, 2012 - TORONTO - Wildlands League condemns the actions by the Ontario government and US-based Cliffs Natural Resources to strike a back room deal that potentially sacrifices ecosystems by deciding on a 350km road based on the needs of a single mining company.  

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Investigation of Exploration Company God's Lake Resources by Securities Regulator Sought

March 20, 2012 - TORONTO - Today four conservation groups have joined with the northern Ontario Oji-Cree community Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug or "KI" to request the Ontario Securities Commission investigate junior exploration company God's Lake Resources (stock symbol GLR).  KI and the groups are concerned that GLR may have made misleading statements in its public filings. 

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NEW MAP: Threats to Albany River

Check out our new map of cumulative disturbance in the Albany River Watershed and see all the proposed developments including the Ring of Fire mining road that will affect the Albany River.

Wildlands in The Star on mining

Read Tanya Talaga's article "American mining firm promises big investment in the Ring of Fire" in the May 9, 2012 edition of the Toronto Star (online)



See Anna on CTV News Channel

Anna Baggio speaks with CTV News Channel about Attawapiskat and the DeBeers Diamond Mine, December 11, 2011. Click here and select the video link to the right, called New Mine Near Attawapiskat.



WL Op-Ed in The Star

Read Janet Sumner and Anna Baggio's Op-Ed piece "Rethinking the Future of Ontario's North" on TheStar.com, December 8, 2011.



Vote for Nature

This month CPAWS Wildlands talked to voters. Over 5,000 signed a petition saying endangered species like caribou should be protected. Listen to our ad.



Wildlands League In Toronto Star

June 2011 - Wildlands League's Anna Baggio visits the Albany River. In the photo above, Mike Metatwabin on the Albany River. Read more about the Albany and Ring of Fire here



Ring of Fire video

Learn more about the Ring of Fire in this APTN video. Hear from Wildlands’ John Cutfeet.



War for the Woods

If you have seen the lastest issue of Canadian Geographic, then we hope you caught this article, featuring Wildlands League's Executive Director, Janet Sumner, and our work on the CBFA. On newsstands now!

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Wildlands comments on Grassy

Wildlands supports Grassy moratorium call.  Read the statement here.



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Report on Caribou Range

Read Wildlands League's report:  A snapshot of caribou range condition in Ontario, July 2009. 



New: Forest Biomass paper

Read "Increasing pressures to use forest biomass: A conservation viewpoint" by Trevor Hesselink, CPAWS Wildlands League Forest Program Director, recently published in The Forestry Chronicle.



CARIBOU - Holding The Line



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