Mount Polley Mine

EDITORIAL – Mount Polley decision reminds us that Ajax is still here

March 18, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MOUNT POLLEY has been in the news this week. In 2014, it was in the news a lot more. On Aug. 4 of that year, the walls of the dam holding [Continue]

Mt. Polley water quality changing — IHA

August 23, 2014 // 3 Comments

NEWS/ MOUNT POLLEY — Water quality in Quesnel Lake is changing, and residents there may notice increased turbidity, sediment and changes in taste or odour, says the [Continue]

Advice after Mt. Polley fish tested — Don’t eat the gonads

August 22, 2014 // 5 Comments

NEWS/ MOUNT POLLEY — Don’t eat the gonads. That’s the advice today (Friday) from the Environment Ministry and Interior Health Authority on the latest testing [Continue]

Mount Polley a ‘wake-up call’ on Ajax, says mine opponent

August 20, 2014 // 5 Comments

NEWS/ AJAX — The provincial and federal governments should take a lesson from the Mount Polley Mine tailings-pond disaster and hit the pause button on Ajax, says the [Continue]

Independent Mt. Polley probe ordered

August 18, 2014 // 1 Comment

NEWS/ MOUNT POLLEY — An independent investigation of the Aug. 4 Mount Polley Mine tailings-pond disaster and a third-party review of all tailings-pond dams in B.C. have [Continue]

Mount Polley sediment exceeds guidelines but no threat to human life, says environment ministry

August 16, 2014 // 1 Comment

WILLIAMS LAKE – Sediment samples taken last weekend from the mouth of Hazeltine Creek and near Raft Creek in Quesnel Lake show the sediment poses no human health risk [Continue]