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          <title>The Last Cast: Northern Lights Lodge Dims Early After Mount Polley Mine Spill</title>
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          <title>Nearly Three Weeks Later, Impact of Mount Polley Spill on Quesnel Lake Virtually Unknown: Expert</title>
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          <title>Soda Creek First Nation Struggles to Cover Costs of Independent Mount Polley Water Testing</title>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

          
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               Bev Sellars               </category>
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          <title>Swapping Red Tape for Caution Tape: Why B.C. Can Expect More Mount Polleys</title>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

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               Ajax Mine               </category>
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               Bill C-45               </category>
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               Christy Clark               </category>
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               Minister Bill Bennett               </category>
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               Navigable Waters Act               </category>
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               Omnibus Budget Bill C-38               </category>
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          <title>10 Days In, No Cleanup Effort at Site of Imperial Metals Mount Polley Mine Spill</title>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

          
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          <title>Photos: I Went to the Mount Polley Mine Spill Site</title>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

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          <title>Tar Sands CSS Blowout Contaminates Lake, Creates &amp;#8220;A Whole New Kind of Oil Mess&amp;#8221;</title>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2013 20:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
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               Beaver Lake Cree Nation               </category>
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               Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.               </category>
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               Cold Lake Air Weapons Range               </category>
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               Crystal Lameman               </category>
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          <title>Contaminated Water, Land Damage, and Earthquakes: The Legacy of Waste Injection Wells</title>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2013 17:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Elizabeth Hand</dc:creator>

          
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