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Lessons from Cobalt for Ontario’s Ring of Fire

Governments and mining companies will have to admit that Canada’s lax domestic regulatory structure for mining must be abandoned.

Charlie Angus' eighth book, the very readable Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower, belongs in the category of Canadian history that isn't taught in school but should be, writes Jim Creskey.Image courtesy of House of Anansi Press and The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY JIM CRESKEY

June 13, 2022

The Westminster Parliament boasts more than a few noteworthy prime ministers who were writers worth reading. Prime ministers Winston Churchill and Benjamin Disraeli stand out as exceptionally popular authors of numerous works of fiction, history, and verse. And there is a long list of British MPs...

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