18.02.2026 News Release Civil Society Leaders Rally Behind BC Declaration Act Amending signature human rights law would set reconciliation back decades say faith, labour, environmental, legal, academic, artistic and other community leaders.

17.02.2026 Blog Entry Ten Years After the Worst Spill in Argentina’s History, Communities Express Concern about Fish Deaths near Barrick's Veladero Mine Local officials and the Canadian company say no spill occurred. However, affected communities worry about health impacts as no conclusive cause for the dead fish downstream of the Veladero mine has yet been identified.

11.02.2026 Guest Publication Brief on Québec's Bill 5 aimed at fast-tracking priority projects and projects of national importance The purpose of this brief is to present an analysis of the proposed Bill to accelerate authorizations required for the completion of priority and national-scale projects (PL5). The brief was produced by Eau Secours, with the support of the Coalition Québec meilleure mine (QMM) and Sept-Îles Sans Uranium (SISUR), and aims to convey our comments and positions regarding the proposed... Read more

10.02.2026 MiningWatch in the News Vancouver mining company confirms deaths of employees abducted from Mexico operation Three of 10 employees abducted from Vancouver-headquartered Vizsla Silver Corp.'s mine project in region with rampant cartel violence have been confirmed dead, according to Mexican officials By Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun Mexican authorities have confirmed that three of 10 employees of a Vancouver-headquartered mining company who were kidnapped from a mining project in the western state of Sinaloa at the...

10.02.2026 MiningWatch in the News Energy Transition Mining Causes Forest Loss, but Land Rights Make a Difference Chris Bonasia - The Energy Mix Mining for energy transition minerals drives deforestation at a scale comparable to mining for coal and other minerals, a new study shows. But the severity of impacts is affected by the strength of land ownership rights. Areas that have stronger rights protections end up with lower rates of deforestation, an insight for Canadian provincial...

04.02.2026 Blog Entry Indigenous and campesino communities in Cuenca, Ecuador tell the Canadian embassy: NO Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Ecuador, and NO to Canadian mining This week, the Canadian ambassador to Ecuador, Craig Kowalik, invited the Federation of Indigenous and Peasant Organizations of Azuay (FOA) and other community representatives from the páramo de Kimsakocha for a meeting to gain firsthand knowledge of their local reality, their priorities, and their relationship with Canada. For over 30 years , the FOA and other indigenous and rural communities...

03.02.2026 MiningWatch in the News BC Halts Plans to Make Polluters Pay for Cleanup Costs The province billed its Public Interest Bonding Strategy as a key step to protect the public from massive cleanup bills. Now it’s on hold. by Zoë Yunker B.C. has halted work on a strategy aimed at ensuring taxpayers don’t bear the massive cleanup costs arising from abandoned industrial sites and disasters like the Mount Polley mine breach. The province initiated...

03.02.2026 MiningWatch in the News Ontario government recycles oil sands propaganda for Ring of Fire mining development Ford’s ministers call minerals ‘the most ethical on Earth,’ while passing legislation that suspends treaty rights, species protections, and human rights to benefit extractive industries by Jon Thompson Ontario cabinet members are calling the minerals in the proposed Ring of Fire development “the most ethical resources on Earth.” A December statement attributed the phrase to energy and mines minister Stephen...