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Winnipeg Free Press PODCAST: Niigaan and the Lone Ranger

Fiona Odlum — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:49:45 +0000

Two newspaper columnists talk politics, culture and media from the geographical centre of Canada and ground zero in the debate over Indigenous reconciliation. Niigaan Sinclair and Dan Lett of the Winnipeg Free Press rep the 204 (and to a lesser extent the 431 and 584).

Niigaan and Dan talk with former Manitoba premier and former Canadian ambassador to the U.S. Gary Doer about Trump, tariffs and how Manitoba can become the “Costco of Critical Minerals”.

To listen to their conversation, please follow the link to the Winnipeg Free Press.

CBC Manitoba: Manitoba 2nd-last in dollars devoted to mining, energy & forestry projects, federal inventory says

Fiona Odlum — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:03:23 +0000

Robert Parsons, an instructor in sustainability economics at the University of Manitoba’s Asper School of Business, questioned the methodology of the annual inventory by Natural Resources Canada even as he stated the report is otherwise useful.

Parsons said the inventory does not include some Manitoba projects that are close to proceeding but does suggest this province could be doing more, especially in terms of developing renewable energy and mining critical minerals.

“We’re being dissed, a little bit,” Parsons said Wednesday in an interview. “It is not a damnation-type report for us, but it is cautionary.”

To read the entire article, please follow the link to CBC Manitoba.

Winnipeg Free Press: U of M researchers, exploration firms team up for lithium hunt

Fiona Odlum — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 19:39:32 +0000

A pair of University of Manitoba earth science professors will partner with two lithium exploration companies on a $1.5-million academic grant that could lay the groundwork for sustainable critical minerals extraction in the province.

Prof. Mostafa Fayek had spent time trying to establish a lithium consortium in Manitoba to share best practices when federal academic funding body NSERC opened applications for an Alliance Mission grant that allows private-sector participants.

To read the full article, please visit the Winnipeg Free Press.