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Bridge over Baker Creek
(Photo Credit - Pat Kane Photography)
continued at the site which would be captained safe and viable remediation plan, and then seven
by an experienced operator. Miramar Giant Mine more to for the Governments to complete the
Ltd. ended its obligations under the Reclamation 26 measures as outlined in the Environmental
Security Agreement in 2005. At that time, Giant Assessment before remediation could commence
Mine officially became an abandoned mine site. in 2021. The project is scheduled to be completed by
2038.
Today, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada—
now known as Crown-Indigenous Relations and “We are happy to have started the remediation
Northern Affairs Canada—are the stewards of the process in this 2021 fiscal year,” says Natalie Plato,
site and are taking control of the contamination on Deputy Director at Giant Mine Remediation Project.
the site, righting decades of industrial wrongs. Remediation of Giant will increase exponentially in
the upcoming months and year, eventually creating
A NEW BEGINNING hundreds of jobs in the city.
It is a lengthy timeline to tackle a project of this Managing a contaminated site goes beyond
magnitude. It took about seven years to develop a removing harmful substances. It often involves
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