Canada Nickel has announced plans to build two processing facilities in northeastern Ontario that will form part of the province's electric vehicle battery push.
A central focus of the Ford government is exploiting the “Ring of Fire” region in the northern James Bay Lowlands, despite the resistance of Indigenous nations there. These nations assert that the provincial government has failed in its consultation duties, and that its drive to exploit the area’s minerals is endangering the region’s peatlands, which act as crucial carbon sinks.
Once built, the Waasigan Transmission Line will enable a clean energy future and economic growth in northwest Ontario along with economic benefits for Indigenous communities
THUNDER BAY, ON, July.