Mount Polley

‘Long-term monitoring plan’ needed for Mount Polley spill area

August 29, 2014 // 5 Comments

NEWS/ MOUNT POLLEY — A long-term monitoring plan is needed for sediment and water quality around the site of the Mount Polley Mine tailings-pond spill, the B.C. Environment [Continue]

Editorial — What does ‘may wish to consider’ actually mean?

August 25, 2014 // 2 Comments

MONDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — One of our readers has raised a point many of us have probably been thinking as we read the official media releases about the Mount Polley [Continue]

Likely residents, businesses ‘on road to recovery’

August 14, 2014 // 4 Comments

NEWS/ MOUNT POLLEY — Residents and local businesses in Likely and the surrounding area “are on the road to recovery,” says the provincial government in an [Continue]

Rothenburger — What’s the weather forecast for Mount Polley?

August 9, 2014 // 0 Comments

COLUMN — Every morning, a dozen times or so, I’m reminded that Puntzi Mountain is in the Chilcotin. That’s because, for reasons unclear, Puntzi Mountain in the [Continue]

Mount Polley Mine tailings-pond breach raises new questions

August 5, 2014 // 12 Comments

TUESDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — It didn’t take long after Monday’s news from the Mount Polley Mine for speculation to start about the possible consequences of a [Continue]