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Victoria greenlights massive Roundhouse development at historic rail site
CHEK
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July 8, 2025
A massive development in the downtown Victoria area has now been cleared to begin, with city council approving a rezoning application for the 10-acre Roundhouse at Bayview Place development site. On July 3, council approved the rezoning...
Yukon gold mine spill one of two ‘most catastrophic failures’ in heap-leach mining history, expert says
The Globe and Mail
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July 8, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Victoria Gold's Eagle gold mine site north of Mayo, Y.T., is shown in this handout aerial photo taken Wednesday, July 3, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Yukon Government (Mandatory Credit)HO/The Canadian Press An...
Royel Otis Australia 2025 Tour
Scenestr
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Currently blasting their way across the northern hemisphere's summer with a stack of live dates including a number of major festivals, Royel Otis will return home this spring. Fresh from owning the Glastonbury stage as well as Montreux Jazz...
History, logic and form says NSW win. But three men will decide the series
Brisbane Times
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July 8, 2025
I can’t wait to watch the champion playmakers square off, and no one is under more pressure to perform than Cameron Munster and Nathan Cleary – they are the architects of their side’s attack and the leading kick options. Cameron Munster will lead...
Central Brisbane: Award-winning dumpling bar blending Hong Kong flair with local history
Allhomes
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History might not be the first word that comes to mind when entering Central, an underground, Hong Kong-style dumpling bar that opened in Brisbane’s CBD last year. But the space is steeped in it. “We’ve certainly been inspired by what came...
What Australia can learn from these unconventional tech-free methods
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 8, 2025
Like many young New Yorkers, Jameson Butler was 10 years old when she received her first mobile in 2017. It was a smartphone with access to a plethora of distracting social media apps. By 12, she was so "engrossed" in her small screen that it...
No new heap leach licences until Victoria Gold review board recommendations incorporated: Yukon government
Yukon News - Alaska
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July 8, 2025
Future of heap leaching in territory depends on independent review board’s recommendations being "fully reflected” in Yukon government policy, according to cabinet communications The Yukon government won’t license any new heap leach facilities at...
Emily Kam Kngwarray Defined What Aboriginal Art Could Be
ArtReview
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The self-taught, octogenarian artist’s rise was meteoric, and so a narrative formed that was by turns mythological and frankly racist. It’s time to take it back Most people I know would utter her name as if she were a global superstar. A singular...
Commonwealth Games Australia and Fair Game link to strengthen community connections through sport and culture
Australian Leisure
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The Australian Commonwealth Games Team and its alumni are set to embrace First Nations culture and country through a new community partnership with Fair Game. Aimed at deepening our engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities...
Water Corporation considers new areas for desalination plant in Great Southern, Western Australia
Smart Water Magazine
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July 8, 2025
Nanarup and Sandpatch within the City of Albany, in Western Australia, are the new areas under consideration for a proposed seawater desalination plant to help secure a sustainable and reliable water supply for the Lower Great Southern beyond...
Yukon disaster one of two 'most catastrophic' in heap-leach mining history: expert
Niagara-on-the-Lake Local
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An engineer tasked with reviewing the spill of about two million tonnes of cyanide-soaked ore at a Yukon gold mine says it was one of the two "most catastrophic failures" in the 45-year history of the heap-leaching mining process. An engineer...
Historic England prospectus offers hope for Pumping Station
Inside Croydon
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July 8, 2025
Old Town monument: built in 1851, the Pumping Station has been long-neglected and disused Finally, after decades of decay and disuse, might there be some glimmer of hope for the Croydon Pumping Station building in Waterworks Yard, off Surrey...
Origin story: How did an Australian state rugby league competition come to have such a grip on New Zealand?
RNZ
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July 8, 2025
Blues fans are seen during State of Origin 2023 Photo: PHOTOSPORT State of Origin Game III Kick-off: 10pm, Wednesday 9 July Accor Stadium, Sydney Live blog updates on RNZ For more than four decades Raelene Castle's ritual has remained the same....
New training helps Queensland lifeguards and pool managers harness AI to keep swimmers safe
Australian Leisure
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Aquatic professionals across Queensland now have access to a free, cutting-edge online training module to help them understand, implement, and work confidently with drowning detection systems (DDS), including those powered by artificial...
Landmark partnership sees Tourism Western Australia back 2026 and 2030 UniSport Nationals
Australian Leisure
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UniSport Australia has revealed a new partnership with Tourism Western Australia that will see Perth host the 2026 and 2030 editions of the UniSport Nationals. The commitment will bring one of the country’s largest annual multi-sport events back...
Historic Edinburgh landmark crowned 'best Wetherspoon pub in Scotland'
Edinburgh Live
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July 8, 2025
The crème de la crème of Wetherspoon pubs across the UK have been unveiled in a recent study. Suomicasinot scrutinised Google reviews for over 800 Wetherspoons establishments to identify the most favoured – is your local on the list? The study...
Australian Firms Eye Papua New Guinea’s Resource Pipeline as Trade Ties Deepen | ASX 100
Kalkine Media
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July 8, 2025
Highlights Papua New Guinea marks half a century of independence amid resource sector expansion Australia strengthens trade presence through Austrade and bilateral business councils PNG Investment Conference fosters collaboration in mining and...
Stop toxic fashion and beauty brands -Victoria Michaels
Graphic
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July 8, 2025
GHANAIAN international model and passionate environmental advocate, Victoria Michaels, is urgently calling on beauty brands and fashion entrepreneurs to abandon harmful practices and embrace environmentally responsible alternatives. The time for...
Australian Mines Enters Earn-in Deal with Cabral for Boa Vista Gold Project
Investing News Network
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July 7, 2025
Australian Mines (ASX:AUZ) has entered into a legally binding term sheet with Cabral Resources, a subsidiary of GoldMining (TSX:GOLD,NYSE:GLDG) to earn up to an 80 percent interest in the Boa Vista gold project. As per the terms of the agreement,...
US Coast Guard’s historic ‘America’s Tall Ship’ visits Seattle
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, seen from inside a Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter, departs Los Angeles Harbor on May 26, 2025. (J.J. Huggins/U.S. Coast Guard) (Tribune News Service) — “America’s Tall Ship,” a historic U.S. Coast Guard...