Mount Polley Disaster

• Deadline looms for charges against Mount Polley mine owners for 2014 disaster

  Prosecutors in Ottawa have until Sunday to lay charges under the Fisheries Act against Imperial Metals, but more serious federal charges could come later.

  Environment

  Aug 3, 2019
  
• Even after the Mt. Polley disaster, B.C. dams are still being built without approval: activist

  Mines minister: "It's an issue that shouldn't have happened in the first place."

  Politics

  Nov 24, 2017
  
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• MiningWatch launches private prosecution against B.C. government and mining company

  An advocacy group has launched a private prosecution under the Fisheries Act against the B.C. government and a mining company over the disastrous consequences of the collapse of the Mount Polley tailings dam.

  Environment

  Oct 18, 2016
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• B.C. mining code aims to eliminate disasters like Mount Polley

  Mines Minister Bill Bennett says British Columbia is making changes to its mining code that sets standards to ensure that a disaster like the Mount Polley tailings pond collapse never happens again.

  Jul 20, 2016
• Elevated levels of chemicals found in Mount Polley sediment

  The most recent test results of sediment near a tailings pond breach in B.C.'s Cariboo region reveals elevated levels of seven chemicals.

  Aug 30, 2014