The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 Mount Polley loses appeal of $9,000 penalty for violating new wastewater permit https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-mount-polley-mine-fine/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:06:22 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=34840 The Environmental Appeal Board found the mining company responsible for the worst mining disaster in Canadian history has failed to investigate and test long-term water treatment systems at the Mount Polley mine site, which currently relies on discharging waste into Quesnel Lake, one of the world’s deepest glacial lakes and a source of drinking water Judith Lavoie News B.C. Environmental Appeal Board mining Mount Polley tailings ponds water Photo: Louis Bockner / The Narwhal B.C. Using Kitimat Smelter Workers as ‘Guinea Pigs’ for Air Pollution Monitoring, Union Says https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-using-kitimat-smelter-workers-guinea-pigs-air-pollution-monitoring-union-says/ Mon, 06 Nov 2017 22:26:52 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/11/06/b-c-using-kitimat-smelter-workers-guinea-pigs-air-pollution-monitoring-union-says/ Carol Linnitt News Appeal B.C. Environmental Appeal Board George Heyman Jason Gratl Lis Stannus Local 2301 Ministry of Environment Policy Premier John Horgan Rio Tinto Alcan Sean O'Driscoll smelter SO2 sulphur dioxide Unifor “We’re a Community in Unrest”: Shawnigan Lake Asks B.C. to Halt Contaminated Waste Disposal While Judicial Review Underway https://thenarwhal.ca/we-re-community-unrest-shawnigan-lake-asks-b-c-halt-contaminated-waste-disposal-judicial-review-underway/ Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:34:44 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/01/12/we-re-community-unrest-shawnigan-lake-asks-b-c-halt-contaminated-waste-disposal-judicial-review-underway/ Carol Linnitt News Active Earth Engineering Calvin Cook Cobble Hill Holdings contaminated soil contaminated waste Cowichan Valley Regional District drinking water Dwight School Canada Environment Minister Mary Polak Environmental Appeal Board Georgia Collins judicial review landfill News Port Moody Premier Christy Clark Shawnigan Lake Shawnigan Residents Association SIA Sonia Furstenau South Island Aggregates Steve Housser Victoria water Zoe Royer Rio Tinto Alcan Allowed to Increase Sulphur Dioxide Pollution 56 Per Cent in Kitimat: Environmental Appeal Board Ruling https://thenarwhal.ca/rio-tinto-alcan-allowed-increase-sulphur-dioxide-pollution-56-cent-kitimat-environmental-appeal-board-ruling/ Tue, 05 Jan 2016 21:14:23 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/01/05/rio-tinto-alcan-allowed-increase-sulphur-dioxide-pollution-56-cent-kitimat-environmental-appeal-board-ruling/ Carol Linnitt News B.C. Ministry of Environment Center Top Environmental Appeal Board Government Kitimat Lis Stannus News Phil Germuth Rio Tinto Alcan smelter SO2 sulphur dioxide Kitimat Residents ‘Muzzled’ From Speaking Out On Rio Tinto Alcan’s Plan to Increase Air Pollution https://thenarwhal.ca/kitimat-residents-muzzled-speaking-out-rio-tinto-alcan-s-plan-increase-air-pollution/ Thu, 04 Jun 2015 03:38:20 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/06/04/kitimat-residents-muzzled-speaking-out-rio-tinto-alcan-s-plan-increase-air-pollution/ Carol Linnitt aluminum Appeal Center Second Emily Toews emissions Environmental Appeal Board Government Haisla Nation hearings Interview Kitimat Lis Stannus Ministry of Environment Morris Amos muzzling Rio Tinto Alcan smelter SO2 sulphur dioxide tribunal