Yukon gold mine forced to release 43 million litres of wastewater amid spring runoff
Meltwater from heavy snowpack combined with unseasonably warm temperatures caused Victoria Gold’s Eagle Gold Mine...
Canada’s northern ‘zombie mines’ are a lingering multi-billion dollar problem
Experts examine subterranean snot, philosophize about how to warn future civilizations away from buried arsenic...
Toxic legacy of Giant Mine found in snowshoe hares
Researchers find arsenic levels in animals living near mine 20 to 50 times greater than...
Mount Polley: A Wake-Up Call For Canada’s Mining Industry
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. When a tailings pond broke at the...
The Last Cast: Northern Lights Lodge Dims Early After Mount Polley Mine Spill
“I planned on dying here,” Skeed Borkowski, owner of the Northern Lights Lodge, told me....
Swapping Red Tape for Caution Tape: Why B.C. Can Expect More Mount Polleys
As we pull up to the mouth of the Hazeltine Creek, where billions of litres...
10 Days In, No Cleanup Effort at Site of Imperial Metals Mount Polley Mine Spill
It has been 10 days since the tailings pond holding billions of litres of mining...
Photos: I Went to the Mount Polley Mine Spill Site
It’s Monday, August 11th, and both my gumboots are dangerously sinking into the muck I’m...
Concerns Linger After Drinking Water Ban Rescinded for Area Affected by Mount Polley Tailings Pond Breach
There were audible scoffs from the crowd Tuesday as Cariboo MLAs told residents in Likely,...
