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The Ontario government will spend $5 million this year to rehabilitate former mine sites and restore some of their productive use. The initiative is part a 4-year, $27-million program launched by the Ontario government a year ago.
Mines Minister Tim Hudak made the recent announcement during a news conference at the former Coldstream copper mine, west of Thunder Bay.
"Improvements made at the Coldstream mine site demonstrate the benefits of our investment," he told reporters. "The rehabilitation work we have done here clearly shows how this program can restore an important part of our natural heritage for the use and enjoyment of our children and...