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Aug 29, 2018 · The woman who owned Yellowknife’s Giant Mine when it went bust says she “took too much risk” in her career. Margaret Kent, known as Peggy Witte at the time, spoke to the Northern Miner website at the annual Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in March.
- Contaminated NWT
Unsurprisingly, Yellowknife’s Giant Mine – considered among...
- Contaminated NWT
- Giant Mine
- Strike-Lockout
- Vandalism
- Murder
- Roger Warren
- Trial and Aftermath
Yellowknife, the capital city of the Northwest Territories, was literally built on gold. In the 1930s and 1940s, gold mines began opening around Yellowknife Bay on Great Slave Lake, and the town sprang up among them. Giant Mine opened in 1948 and was still producing gold more than four decades later. In 1990, the mine was a mainstay of Yellowknife'...
The labour disputewas ugly from the beginning, as attitudes hardened on both sides. Although the union planned to go on strike on 23 May, the company locked out CASAW members the previous day and made preparations to keep the mine operating with replacement workers, something that hadn't been done at a Canadian mine in more than half a century. Alt...
Striking miners Al Shearing and Tim Bettger were part of a small group of the most radical CASAW members who called themselves the "Cambodian Cowboys." On several occasions they broke into the mine – once spray-painting threatening warnings on an underground tunnel and a second time setting off a small bomb on the mine's satellite dish. During a th...
At 8:45 a.m. on 18 September 1992, a man-car carrying nine miners along the 750-foot level of the mine triggered a bomb set beside the rail line. A large explosion sent shock waves throughout the mine and instantly killed all nine men, spreading their remains in a ghastly scene around the tunnel. Six of the dead were CASAW members who had crossed t...
The hunt for the Giant Mine killer was one of the most labour-intensive in RCMP history, involving more than 300 police and lasting 13 months. CASAW members Al Shearing and Tim Bettger, two militant strikers who had set earlier, small explosions in the mine were the prime suspects, although police found little hard evidence pointing to any individu...
Roger Warren was put on trial for murder in September 1994, with the widows and family of several of the murdered miners sitting in the courtroom. Warren surprised many by recanting his confession, saying he had been depressed at the time of his final interrogation by police, and that he had felt browbeaten by the RCMP into confessing. Despite his ...
Mar 17, 2003 · It was the first time in 45 years that a Canadian mining company had tried to break a strike. Witte, who has reverted to her maiden name, Peggy Kent, and now owns a meat-packing business in Ferndale, Wash., just south of the Canadian border, says she doesn't regret the decision.
Sep 14, 2022 · On September 18, 1992, nine workers crossed the picket line at the ‘Giant’ Gold Mine in Yellowknife. Minutes later all were killed in a horrific explosion. This 7 episode series explores the...
The Giant Mine strike stands as one of the longest and bloodiest in Canadian history, punctuated by one of the worst mass murders the country has ever seen. For those who lived through September 18, 1992, the scars have never healed.
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Sep 21, 2022 · By the 1990s the once-booming ‘Giant’ Gold Mine in Yellowknife is nearing the end of its lifespan. It’s bought by an ambitious American woman named Peggy Witte who is determined to make a profit...
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Sep 18, 2007 · The families of nine men killed in the Giant Mine bombing of 1992 continue to wait for a legal battle to play itself out, perhaps all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada.
