Sandra Cuffe

Canadian Aid, Honduran Oil

dawn — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 16:36:04 +0000

Ottawa funds set to encourage oil investment

LA CEIBA, HONDURAS—Oil extraction may be on the horizon in Honduras, and Canadian aid is helping set the stage.

Uranium's Chilling Effects

dawn — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:15:14 +0000

Community participation stifled as industry expands in northern Saskatchewan

PINEHOUSE, SASKATCHEWAN—Dale Smith’s worn nylon fishing net gradually untangles as it falls into the lake. Smith stands against an endless Saskatchewan summer sky, his hands gently guiding the gillnet over the starboard bow and then pulling the float line taught while the boat slides slowly sternway through the water, motor humming quietly.

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Tar Sands, Saskatchewan

dawn — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 14:18:20 +0000

Extreme extraction plans rejected by local residents

LA LOCHE, SASKATCHEWAN—La Loche is almost the end of the road in northwestern Saskatchewan, 600 kilometres north of Saskatoon. Even the kids play in Dene here. It’s one of the things other northerners describe about the place: some 90 per cent of the 3,500 people in the town of La Loche and the neighbouring Clearwater River Dene Nation still speak their language.

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No Home on the Range

dawn — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 12:34:12 +0000

Indigenous resistance to the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range

BEAUVAL, SASKATCHEWAN—On a clear day in northwestern Saskatchewan, the jets are visible on the horizon. Flying in formation, they veer west and drop down below the boreal forest treeline and over a vast weapons range before landing back at the military base.

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