https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/three-years-of-mining-40-years-of-taxpayer-clean-up-for-river-downstream-of-vancouver-island-copper-mine/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:06:30 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=15755 After being abandoned by Japanese backers in the '60s, the Mount Washington copper mine was left to pollute the Tsolum River, which is slowly being brought back to life after decades of patient reclamation work and millions of taxpayer dollars Andrew Findlay On the ground acid rock drainage mining Mount Washington copper mine solutions Tsolum River water wildlife Caroline Hiem Tsolum River Restoration Society https://thenarwhal.ca/what-heck-acid-rock-drainage-and-why-it-such-big-deal/ Sat, 09 Dec 2017 00:03:37 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/12/09/what-heck-acid-rock-drainage-and-why-it-such-big-deal/ Jimmy Thomson Explainer acid mine drainage acid rock drainage Canada Explainer mining tailings water Tulsequah Chief