Giant defence fund seeks aid from labour CBC North
Labour organizers in the N.W.T. are working to try to raise one last pot of money to help workers facing legal bills because of the Giant mine civil suit.
While the league raised money to help workers facing their initial lawyer's bills, legal costs have mounted while the Workers Compensation Board lawsuit dragged on.
The Board is suing for millions of dollars in damages after a deadly strike a decade ago.
Ottawa to freeze Giant Mine's toxic dust CBC News
After four years of study, the federal government has decided that the best way to clean up the contaminated Giant gold mine in Yellowknife is to freeze 60 years' worth of highly toxic arsenic dust and leave it stored underground.
'We feel the frozen block alternative is the most robust, the most secure way of managing the arsenic trioxide,' said Bill Mitchell, who manages the cleanup team for the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.