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July 2, 2020

NEWS

Watch out for the highlights of Symposium's Session A and the AGM in the July 9 issue of Field Notes

Register for the PGO's 2020 Virtual Symposium PGO It is not too late to register for PGO’s virtual symposium. We have three more sessions coming up. Register online! To give you a flavour of what to expect, see a participant’s feedback of Session A that was livestreamed on June 30. “The speakers provided a good variety of perspectives and a diversity of topics. The webcast was clear and easy to hear — visual aids were good — log in was easy. The topics were very relevant — especially topics relating to Indigenous matters and Sustainability reporting. These are of key importance to my current organization. Well done! I am pleased to have this series of webcast learning opportunities as it can be challenging at times to find interesting geoscience content for CPD. I like the 2.5 hour format as it does not require an entire day or even 1/2 day. I look forward to the upcoming sessions and plan to attend all!” – Session A participant’s feedback

PGO's Virtual Symposium Spotlight: Presentation on Ethical Dilemmas in Geoscience (When a client calls you a *****) PGO July 7, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET Geoscientists, like other professionals, deal with clients who may/will attempt to push the boundaries of professional conduct. This leads to Professional Geoscientists facing ethical dilemmas, especially in consulting. These challenges can relate to finances, approvals, scheduling, reporting and other issues on projects. Since our primary responsibility is to protect the public, we cannot stray from following both the law and ethical practices. Speaker, Mark Priddle, will provide real-life ethical dilemmas and how these were, or should have been, handled. The varied outcomes of ethical decisions will also be discussed, as they may potentially include negative impacts to your business. Register online for Session B or for the three remaining sessions of our symposium.

IN THE MEDIA

Disclaimer: The media articles featured in Field Notes do not express or reflect the opinions of Professional Geoscientists Ontario, or any employee thereof.

Getting the lead out The Kingston Whig-Standard Recognizing a seam of dark-coloured rock on his property, the landowner got out his shovel and equipment. Clearing land, digging out rocks and moving soil, Mr. Rousehorr — perhaps Rousehorn — started to excavate a mine shaft. He did not find gold or copper, but it was a valuable resource. The landowner found lead. Soft and malleable with hardness of 2.5 on the Mohs Hardness Scale, the dark ore was galena. READ MORE

Gold mining puts Dubreuilville on the comeback trail Northern Ontario Business Pat Dubreuil wants to restore the entrepreneurial spirit to Dubreuilville. The Sudbury businessman is knee-deep into gold exploration around the northeastern Ontario community that his grandfather, Joachim (George) Dubreuil, and his uncles made famous in the early 1960s when they carved out the former sawmilling town from the bush. Dubreuil, a local developer, tourism operator and unabashed community promoter, wants to economically diversify Dubreuilville beyond just being a bedroom community for the mining industry and a seasonal snowmobiling and off-roading destination. READ MORE

What new water bottling proposal by province means to municipalities CTV News The Ontario government wants to give municipalities more power to control the flow going to water bottling companies. “We do think there are some really positive things in the proposed regulation changes,” said Robert Case of Wellington Water Watchers. The chair for the board of directors at the WWW adds that the reasons why municipalities can veto permits for bottling companies needs to be better defined. READ MORE

Canadian utility formally drops underground radioactive waste storage next to Lake Huron Detroit Free Press An Ontario nuclear power generating company has officially dropped its pursuit of a deep underground storage facility for low- to intermediate-level radioactive waste within a half-mile of Lake Huron. Ontario Power Generation has withdrawn an application for a construction license filed with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to build a Deep Geologic Repository in Kincardine, ON. READ MORE

Chedoke Creek sewage spill subject of 61 ombudsman complaints against City of Hamilton Global News The office of the Ombudsman of Ontario received 61 complaints about Hamilton’s “Sewergate” controversy in 2019. That’s according to Paul Dubé’s annual report, which notes there was “public outrage” after it was revealed that 24 billion litres of untreated wastewater had spilled into Chedoke Creek over a four-year period. “Most of these were focused on the city’s decision not to disclose the volume and duration of the spill,” Dubé wrote. READ MORE

MULTIBRIEFS EXCLUSIVE Rare-earth elements spark resource war By Dave G. Houser Rare-earth elements (REE) — also known as rare-earth minerals or rare-earth metals — are a group of 17 chemical elements of the periodic table. Although most of them are not terribly rare, they are highly strategic substances and vital components in most of the technology we employ every day. What is rare are deposits of these minerals in high enough concentrations to be feasibly and economically extracted. Presently, about 90 per cent of the global supply of rare-earth elements comes from just one country: China. READ MORE

Study reveals how water in deep Earth triggers earthquakes and volcanic activity Imperial College London Water, sulphur and carbon dioxide, which are cycled through the deep Earth, play a key role in the evolution of our planet — including in the formation of continents, the emergence of life, the concentration of mineral resources, and the distribution of volcanoes and earthquakes. Subduction zones, where tectonic plates meet and one plate sinks beneath another, are a key part of the cycle — with large volumes of water going into and coming out from the Earth, mainly through volcanic eruptions. READ MORE

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