Sarah St-Pierre

Dec 20, 2024 | capitalcurrent.ca | Sarah St-Pierre

For many Indigenous peoples, beading is medicine. It represents a deep connection to culture and community. But what gets lost when cheap replicas take over the market? That’s what journalist Ely Pittman went to find out.

Jun 3, 2024 | magazine.cim.org | Sarah St-Pierre |Kelsey Rolfe |Anne Millar |Mary Wells

When Jean-François Verret started working on developing the Anuri mine, an opening date loomed in the distant future: 2024. Twelve years and a pandemic later, he sat at the back of the mine’s inauguration ceremony in February this year. “I was looking at the crowd,” he said, “and I was really proud.” Sign Up Already signed up?

May 8, 2024 | magazine.cim.org | Sarah St-Pierre |Alexandra Lopez-Pacheco |Eavan Moore

The mines Betty Lin visited as the global backfill specialist for Hatch often ended up being in areas where the mercury regularly drops below minus 50 degrees Celsius. The rising costs of general use cement—also known as ordinary portland cement (OPC)—and its transportation challenges are affecting backfilling operations at underground mines everywhere, but when permafrost and remote sites are added to the equation, unique challenges arise. Sign Up Already signed up?

Mar 21, 2024 | magazine.cim.org | Sarah St-Pierre |Alexandra Lopez-Pacheco |Eavan Moore

When Jordyn Dewhurst enrolled in a potash mining training program, she did not picture herself utilizing walkie-talkies and Lego bricks in class. Yet the activity, in which students blindly recreated structures from spoken instructions, demonstrated just how important good communication is in a mining environment, where accidents can happen without it. Sign Up Already signed up?

Oct 20, 2023 | capitalcurrent.ca | Sarah St-Pierre

A free dinner of chicken pot pie and apple crumble lured guests to Southminster United Church for its first Out of the Cold supper of the fall. Diners, who skewed over the age of 50, enjoyed a social evening over a warm meal without having to open their wallets. Thirty-seven people showed up last week at the Saturday supper, more than the program averaged through all of last year.