{"id":151388,"date":"2026-07-31T19:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/151388\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T19:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:54:13","slug":"ottawa-approves-northern-ontario-nickel-mine-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/151388\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa approves northern Ontario nickel mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA \u2014 The federal government says it has approved the Crawford Nickel Mine project in northern Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the approval in a news release Friday, Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin said \u201cthe potential effects within federal jurisdiction are justified when taking into account the benefits this project will provide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The government says the project could create $5 billion in investment and 4,000 new jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s decision recognizes the strategic importance of responsibly developing Canada\u2019s critical mineral resources in partnership with all levels of government and Indigenous Nations while maintaining rigorous environmental standards,\u201d Canada Nickel CEO Mark Selby said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very proud of our team, which completed this key federal permit in just four years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa referred the mine to the major projects office in November.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s approval does come with conditions, including a requirement that fish be relocated and that Indigenous Peoples be consulted on the plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of the protocol, the proponent shall identify opportunities for Indigenous groups to participate in the salvage and relocation of fish, including potential traditional use of salvaged fish,\u201d the decision reads.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal is for an open-pit, nickel-cobalt mine 42 kilometres north of Timmins, Ont.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785527653_502_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 The federal government says it has approved the Crawford Nickel Mine project in northern Ontario. Announcing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[525,435,290,61,113],"class_list":["post-151388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-business","tag-mining","tag-national","tag-ottawa","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}