Giant Mine
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Arsenic-contaminated Giant Mine seen as ‘low-risk’ during N.W.T fireA former gold mine five kilometres from Yellowknife is seen as a low fire risk amid the Northwest Territories wildfires. The mine contains over 237,000 tonnes of arsenic trioxide.CanadaAug 21, 2023
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Arsenic at ‘Giant Mine’ in N.W.T. has contaminated water ‘indefinitely’: scientistA study of lakes suggests that the water around Yellowknife's Giant Mine won't return to its natural state for generations - if ever.CanadaAug 18, 2016
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16×9: Taxpayers will foot the bill for cleaning up contaminated sitesThere are more than 22,000 contaminated sites across the country that the government must pay to clean up.CanadaNov 22, 2014
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TIMELINE: Yellowknife’s Giant MineThe lure of gold helped build the fledgling northern community of Yellowknife when the Giant Mine site opened in 1948, but it came at a heavy cost.Nov 20, 2014
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Is there a contaminated site near you?Yellowknife's Giant Mine is just one of more than 22,000 contaminated sites owned by the federal government in Canada.CanadaNov 19, 2014
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Arsenic trioxide: What is it is and why it’s so dangerousArsenic trioxide isn't something that is naturally occurring, but it is extremely toxic.HealthNov 19, 2014
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Toxic dust buried under Yellowknife’s ‘Giant Mine’ to cost taxpayers $900MThe gold extraction process used at Giant Mine created a highly toxic by-product. Today, there is an almost unfathomable amount of toxic dust still buried underneath the site.CanadaNov 18, 2014
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Northern regulator raises doubts on Giant Mine cleanupA northern regulatory board has raised doubts about federal plans to clean up a massive, arsenic-laden mess at Yellowknife's defunct Giant Mine.CanadaJun 20, 2013
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Ottawa reconsiders toxic sites priorities after Giant Mine cleanupEnvironmental costs at a single northern mine are ballooning so high they are forcing Ottawa to rethink the cleanup of thousands of contaminated sites across the country.CanadaApr 1, 2013
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