Lawyer tapped to study Giant Mine legacy comes with no ‘preconceived notions’ – CBC

Mar 11, 2025

Yellowknives Dene First Nation welcomes Murray Rankin’s appointment, hopes for resolution

The lawyer and former British Columbia politician recently appointed to assess the historical impacts of the N.W.T.’s Giant Mine on Indigenous communities says he plans to travel to Yellowknife this month to meet with those affected firsthand.

Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Gary Anandasangaree named Murray Rankin as the ministerial special representative in a news release last week, saying Rankin’s “experience and knowledge will support future recommendations to address the harms that resulted from the Giant Mine operations.”

The mine operated near Yellowknife between 1948 and 2004. The site is one of the most contaminated in Canada. Since 2021, a $4-billion remediation project to clean up the site and contain 237,000 tonnes of highly toxic arsenic trioxide dust underground has been underway.

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