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Canadian First Nation blockades disrupt Obsidian Energy's operations in Peace River
The company said that the first blockade took place near its Walrus field asset on May 5, forcing a production shutdown. The blockade later shifted near the entrance of its Harmon Valley South (HVS) field operation on May 11, Obsidian said. Production at Walrus has restarted, but it remains halted at HVS, the company said, adding that the blockades are breaching a court order and a resolution agreement between the two parties.
- Reuters
Brazil prosecutors again seek to suspend Canadian potash mine in the Amazon
Brazilian federal prosecutors have filed a lawsuit to suspend a license given to a Canadian firm to install what would be Latin America's largest fertilizer mine in the Amazon rainforest, their office said. The planned mine by Brazil Potash Corp overlaps with ancestral lands of the Mura Indigenous people whose territory is in the process of demarcation, the prosecutors said in a statement issued on Tuesday. The prosecutors' office in Manaus said that Mura leaders had been subject to "false promises and threats."
- BBC
Why South Africa's health insurance is causing ructions
President Ramaphosa approves a law that seeks to provide universal health care for all - but not everyone is happy.
