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Gwich’in leaders call on Canadian banks to suspend financing of oil and gas in Alaska wildlife refuge

Leaders from the Gwich’in Tribal Council (GTC) and Vuntut Gwitchin Government (VGG) are urging Canadian banks to follow their American counterparts in banning oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Last December, representatives from the GTC, VGG and the Yukon chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness…


Dominion Diamond Mines files for creditor protection

The owner of the Ekati diamond mine, the largest in the Northwest Territories, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta has granted Dominion Diamond Mines protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). The company said in a news release that it would use the…