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Mine critics send papers to Mounties
A coalition of Canadian mining watchdog groups sent documents to the RCMP on Wednesday, along with a request that the Mounties investigate activities of Calgary-based Blackfire Exploration Ltd. and its Mexican operations.
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The groups, including MiningWatch Canada and Sierra Club Canada, allege the company should be probed under the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act. Blackfire has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in connection with its Mexican mining operations.
Groups File Documentation with RCMP on Canadian Mining Company’s Involvement in Mexican Corruption Case
(Ottawa and Toronto) A coalition of Canadian non-governmental groups today filed a memo with the RCMP asking it to investigate Calgary-based Blackfire Exploration Ltd. and its Mexican subsidiary under the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act. Blackfire had submitted documentation of its payments to the mayor of Chicomuselo in the state of Chiapas, Mexico to the state Congress in June, 2009. These documents are now in the hands of the RCMP. Bribing a foreign public official is illegal under the rarely-used Act, one of the few Canadian laws that applies internationally. Under this Act any person found guilty could face up to five years in jail.... Read more »
Sierra Index: Winter Stats
Submitted by Ben Liadsky on Thu, 2010-03-11 14:36This past winter was the warmest and driest on record for Canada. Below are some statistics: ... Read more »
Payments made by Calgary-owned mining company should be probed: coalition
Nine groups have signed a letter asking the RCMP to review whether payments totalling about $20,000 were made by Blackfire Exploration to the mayor of Chicomuselo, located in southern Mexico, intended to quell local dissent toward the mine.
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Mackenzie pipeline streamlining raises fears
CALGARY - The federal energy watchdog has suggested streamlining conditions for the proposed Mackenzie natural gas pipeline, a move raising the ire of environmental groups.
The National Energy Board proposed modifying 85 of 176 recommendations issued late December by a joint review panel on the social and environmental impacts of the Arctic pipeline.
"In the (National Energy Board's) view, some recommendations fall within the jurisdiction of other regulatory authorities," stated a letter to the panel, released late Tuesday. "Conditions imposed by the NEB in such cases could conflict with existing and future regulatory processes. Therefore, the (board) is considering not including such recommendations."... Read more »
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