Lithium mining on the Prairies – boom or bust?
Lithium mining on the Prairies. Will it be the next big boom or a bust? Environmental groups worry it will damage provincial parks.
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Part 1: Lithium on the prairies – the latest boom for Snow Lake?
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Most of Canada's newspapers, including the Regina Leader-Post, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix and the Winnipeg Sun, have a political agenda attached.
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Part 1: Lithium on the prairies – the latest boom for Snow Lake?
The small mining town of Snow Lake in northern Manitoba, about 200 km east of Flin Flon, has had its share of booms and busts. Lithium is the newest resource promising to put the town back on the proverbial map.
Two species of ash trees are critically endangered
Two species of trees, the green and black ash, are critically endangered. In Saskatchewan and Manitoba trees are dying because of two invasive species.
Are Prairie newspapers good for democracy?
Most of Canada's newspapers, including the Regina Leader-Post, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix and the Winnipeg Sun, have a political agenda attached.
Why snow is important to the local economy
Scientists have flagged the Canadian Prairies as possibly becoming a “climate change hotspot.”