Mount Polley

LETTER – Judge’s ‘stay’ on Mount Polley ignores key report recommendation

March 30, 2017 // 3 Comments

Re: Stay of proceedings on Mining Watch Canada’s private prosecution on Mount Polley mining disaster. Not only has there been a shameful failure of legal accountability [Continue]

Kamloops environmentalists join Williams Lake announcement on Mount Polley legal action

October 18, 2016 // 2 Comments

UPDATE: MiningWatch Canada today filed a private prosecution against the B.C. government and the Mount Polley Mining Corporation for violations of the federal Fisheries Act [Continue]

Province implements post-Mount Polley requirements in environmental assessment

March 19, 2015 // 0 Comments

Source: Ministry of Environment VICTORIA – The Environmental Assessment Office is taking steps to ensure the safety of tailings management facilities at proposed mines [Continue]

Mount Polley disaster: ‘The dominant contribution to the failure resides in the design’

January 30, 2015 // 1 Comment

NEWS/ MOUNT POLLEY — The Mount Polley disaster was caused by a failure in the foundation of the mine’s tailings pond dam, and a design that failed to consider the [Continue]

Plan for Mount Polley cleanup outlines two phases

November 24, 2014 // 0 Comments

WILLIAMS LAKE – A two-phase remediation plan for the Mount Polley tailings pond breach will focus on human health and environmental safety through the coming winter, [Continue]

Editorial — Another day, another sediment report

September 25, 2014 // 4 Comments

THURSDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — Remember back in August when we waited anxiously for the latest environmental reports on the Mount Polley disaster? The reports have become [Continue]