Mick Lowe Knihy

Premature Bonanza is the story of Bay Street's greatest running drama: the struggle by Inco Ltd., the world's largest nickel producer, to bring the Voisey's Bay nickel deposit in Northern Labrador into production, for the most part against the wishes of the Aboriginal People. Will this $4.3 billion gamble ensure Inco's -- and Labrador's -- role as a low-cost nickel producer well into the 21st century? Or will it spell ruin for the company, the environment, and the people who live there?

In this story of eco-resistance based on actual events in the heart of Canada's Nickel Range, Jake McCool, the injured hardrock miner, returns to work for the International Nickel Company (INCO) but now at its nearby Copper Cliff smelter complex. In no time, Jake finds himself embroiled in a vicious fight over health and safety and, more specifically, over the extreme levels of sulphur dioxide that poison the air in the smelter but also in the entire surrounding area. The fight takes on new dimensions as freelance reporter Foley Gilpin sparks interest at Canada's national daily Globe & Mail and as local parliamentarian Harry Wardell smells the collusion between INCO and the highest levels of Ministry of Natural Resources at Queen's Park in Toronto.

Set in the spring of 1963, the story follows nineteen-year-old Jake McCool as he embarks on his first shift underground in a hard rock mine in the "Nickel Capital of the World." Amidst the backdrop of the Cold War, Jake finds himself drawn into a fierce inter-union conflict, reflecting the broader ideological struggles stemming from the aftermath of the Second World War. This coming-of-age tale intertwines personal growth with the complexities of labor and political tensions of the era.

Frühjahr 1963 in der Nickelhauptstadt der Welt. Der 19-jährige Jake McCool fährt für seine erste Schicht im Untertagebau Sudburys ein, als der Kalte Krieg auf seinem Höhepunkt ist. Jake wird zum unfreiwilligen Teilnehmer in einem erbitterten, von zwei Nachkriegsideologien angetriebenen Kampf zwischen Gewerkschaften. Sein Bruder wird ermordet und die Gewerkschaft, der er angehört, gespalten. In einem Netz von Intrigen gefangen, wird die Beziehung zu seiner Freundin Jo Ann auf eine harte Probe gestellt, als klar wird, dass ihr Vater den Mörder kennt und die CIA ihre Finger im Spiel hat ...