Sandy Pond, on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula. It will be less expensive for Vale Inco to dump 400,000 tonnes of waste every year into the lake than to construct a tailings pond for processing the company's nickel from Voisey’s Bay.
by R. John GibsonThe Dominion is a monthly paper published by an incipient network of independent journalists in Canada. It aims to provide accurate, critical coverage that is accountable to its readers and the subjects it tackles. Taking its name from Canada's official status as both a colony and a colonial force, the Dominion examines politics, culture and daily life with a view to understanding the exercise of power.