Omai Disaster, Guyana Bartica residents thwart attempts to disrupt Omai operations Guyana Chronicle Online   June 15/2003 Attempts by a political activist to jeopardize operations at Omai Gold Mines Limited failed when Bartica residents refused to heed calls for the blocking of the Wismar-Mackenzie Bridge. Gambior dam fallout brings Guyanese suit Globe and Mail - Report on Business   May 24/2003 Residents of western Guyana are suing for $2-billion (U.S.) in damages in connection with a tailings dam collapse at Cambior Inc.'s Omai gold mine in 1995. Cambior to be served with class action motion May 9/2003 A $1 billion class action lawsuit is to be filed against the Cambior mining company. Canadian mining company taken to court Inter Press Service   June 23/1998 Can a Canadian-based company be sued in its home country for the damage mining activity has done to the environment, health and livelihood of the inhabitants of another country? Mining spill? What mining spill? The Montreal Gazette   June 2/1998 Head of panel that probed Cambior cyanide accident at the Omai mine in Guyana, can't recall committee's findings. Patronage canada The Next City   April 2/1997 Poor countries weep, and we do too, when business and government get in bed with each other. Low-minded diplomacy The Next City   April 1/1997 After the Omai Gold Mine spill, the Canadian government wanted Canadians to believe that it was preoccupied with Guyana's environment and the health of its citizens. Nothing was further from the truth, as shown by Access to Information documents. Coming home to roost The Montreal Mirror   March 27/1997 After nearly two years, the Cambior case has finally set foot in court. At stake: the right of people around the world to seek global justice in the global marketplace. Canada's #1 threat to the global environment is trying to muzzle Probe International Probe International   March 21/1996 To block Probe International's efforts to investigate and publicize the destructive projects that EDC supports with Canadian tax dollars – such as Omai gold mine – EDC is throwing a cloak of secrecy over details of its operations. Cyanide devastated Guyana's main waterway, thanks to a project supported by your tax dollars Probe International   September 21/1995 In the early morning hours of Aug. 19, 1. 2 billion litres of cyanide and heavy metal-laced effluent sludge erupted through a breached earthen dam pouring into the Omai river, a tributary leading to Guyana's main waterway. Omai Access to Information documents Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade   These government documents were obtained from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade through the Access to Information Act. (Excerpts appearing in Patricia Adams's article, "Patronage Canada," have been highlighted.)