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APGO
APGO has a number of Council positions up for election. If you want to be a part of an organization that safeguards the integrity of the geoscience profession by protecting the public and advancing the profession, consider running for a Council position.
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APGO
APGO's conference, which will take place in Toronto, will provide a mix of technical, regulatory and leadership/career development presentations. The conference information will be posted at www.apgo.net by early April. Make sure to set aside this date for a day of learning and connecting with your peers.
Disclaimer: The events and media articles featured in Field Notes do not express or reflect the opinions of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario, or any employee thereof.
Mining Association of Canada
The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) released the second edition of its Developing an Operation, Maintenance and Surveillance Manual for Tailings and Water Management Facilities (the OMS Guide) on March 5, 2019.
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Kawartha Region Earth Science, Engineering and Metallurgy Network
Featured guest speaker: Dr. Peter Russell, Curator Emeritus, Earth Sciences Museum, University of Waterloo, who will be speaking on — "Shirley's Box, The Highgate Mastodon Story; A Museum and Quaternary Tale"
April 2, 2019 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
197 George Street, Peterborough (next to the old train station just north of the Holiday Inn)
Kings Crossing Tap and Grill (second floor meeting rooms)
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Disclaimer: The media articles featured in Field Notes do not express or reflect the opinions of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario, or any employee thereof.
Wawa News
To mark World Water Day, Ontario's government is working for the people to protect the water quality and ecosystems of the Great Lakes as part of its commitment in the Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan. On April 23, Rod Phillips, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, will convene the Great Lakes Guardians' Council, in memory of Josephine Mandamin, to discuss emerging issues around the Great Lakes. The council meeting will address excess road salt and sewer overflows into our waterways and inform the government's review of Ontario's Great Lakes Strategy and the negotiation of a new Canada-Ontario Great Lakes Agreement.
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Sudbury.com
Douglas Morrison says Sudbury's mining sector has two choices: become a creator of change, or be a victim of it.
That message had the attention of a packed auditorium at Dynamic Earth for the recent meeting of the Sudbury chapter of the Canadian Institute of Mining.
The CEO of the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) explained long overdue major changes in operations are coming fast, but the industry is focusing too much on small areas like replacing machinery and digitization.
What really needs to change is the mindset of how entire mining operations are run.
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Science Daily
A new study provides a fuller picture of the relationship between nitrogen oxides — the tailpipe-generated particles at the center of the Volkswagen scandal, also known as NOx, — and PM2.5, the microscopic particles that can lodge in lungs.
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Northern Ontario Business
Federal environmental regulators have approved Treasury Metals' technical draft of its Goliath Gold Project in northwestern Ontario.
The Toronto mine developer reported that the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency accepted their submission on March 14.
Under the permitting process, there will a final round of public commenting for 30 days followed by a minister's decision within 60 days on whether or not to proceed with the open-pit and underground mine project.
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Timmins Today
As Newmont Mining readies to buy Goldcorp, Timmins has transferred some of the mining rights of the historic McIntyre mine back to the company.
Council also renewed its lease with the mining company for the Tisdale transfer station and cleared up minor land transfers.
When Pamour Porcupine Mines transferred the McIntyre Community Centre to the city back in 1981, a report from clerk Steph Palmateer says part of the mining rights were also "inadvertently" transferred. Those rights have been transferred back to Goldcorp.
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Science Daily
A geologist has a new theory on the thermal evolution of Earth billions of years ago that explains why diamonds have formed as precious gemstones rather than just lumps of common graphite.
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CTV News
World Water Day was celebrated on March 22 and as a way to recognize this day, all month long, residents and schools in Greater Sudbury have been invited to tour either the Drinking Water Treatment plant or the Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Officials say, over the last few years, hundreds of Greater Sudbury residents of all ages have taken part in a variety of tours to learn about the science behind the water we drink and how it is prepared and filtered.
These tours are free of charge and are available in English and French.
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National Post
A major Greenland glacier that was one of the fastest shrinking ice and snow masses on Earth is growing again, a new NASA study finds.
The Jakobshavn glacier around 2012 was retreating about 1.8 miles and thinning nearly 130 feet annually. But it started growing again at about the same rate in the past two years, according to a study in Nature Geoscience. Study authors and outside scientists think this is temporary.
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