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VIRGINIA — Keith Nelson was “more than a little ticked off.” A St. Louis County commissioner, Nelson, of Fayal Township, spent Tuesday criticizing three of his counterparts from Duluth for sending a letter to Minnesota’s U.S. senators and the federal nominees for the Secretary of Agriculture and Interior stating their opposition of copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Voyageurs National Park. The problem, he said during the latest county meeting, was that the majority of the seven-member board had long backed PolyMet and Twin Metals and j...

Why grandparents can’t find vaccines: Scarcity of niche biotech ingredients Christopher Rowland © James MacDonald/Bloomberg A scientist works in the Acuitas Therapeutics lab at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C., on Jan. 21, 2021. Acuitas Therapeutics provided its lipid nanoparticle delivery system in the development of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. (Photography by James MacDonald/Bloomberg News) Acuitas Therapeutics, a tiny biotechnology firm in Vancouver, B.C., has just 30 employees and leases its labs from the University of British Colum...

By Craig Wallebeck Feb 8, 2021 7:43 AM The Water Security Agency of Saskatchewan is predicting a fairly dry 2021 for the province. Early indictors point to most of the southern and central regions of the province seeing below to well below normal spring runoff, including Yorkton and area. WSA spokesperson Patrick Boyle notes that 2021 could be a fairly dry year.

St. Louis County commissioner says he continued to work when he had COVID-19 Commissioner Keith Nelson noted the Duluth commissioners were avoiding live meetings despite masks being worn. Nelson later said he had COVID-19 and worked through it. 5:19 pm, Feb. 2, 2021 × While Duluth commissioners defended their stance to attend St. Louis County Board meetings virtually, Commissioner Keith Nelson chided them for it, and said he worked through a bout with COVID-19. Commissioner Patrick Boyle defended his virtual attendance at the St. Louis County Board meeting Tuesday in ...

Mining resolution figures to divide St. Louis County Board this week A resolution opposed to state or federal bans on copper-nickel mining has the support of the Iron Range and rural commissioners, but Duluth's Patrick Boyle bristled, describing it as unnecessary and 'divisive.' 1:39 pm, Jan. 25, 2021 × A resolution in favor of copper-nickel mining is sure to divide the St. Louis County Board at its meeting Tuesday in Virginia. The resolution comes on the heels of new proposals aimed at blocking a type of mining untested in Northeastern Minnesota. It opposes moratori...