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          <title>No Charges, No Fines For Mount Polley Mine Disaster as Three-Year Legal Deadline Approaches</title>
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          <title>B.C. Quietly Grants Mount Polley Mine Permit to Pipe Mine Waste Directly Into Quesnel Lake</title>
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          <title>Mount Polley Mine Disaster Two Years In: ‘It’s Worse Than It’s Ever Been’</title>
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          <title>No Fines, No Charges Laid for Mount Polley Mine Disaster</title>
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          <title>“They’re Getting Away with It”: Locals Say No Blame Means No Compensation for Mount Polley Mine Spill Victims</title>
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          <title>Video: Fisheries Biologist Richard Holmes on the Mount Polley Mine Spill One Year Later</title>
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          <title>One Year In, Likely Residents Remain Frustrated with Superficial Cleanup of Mount Polley Mine Spill</title>
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          <title>B.C. Approves Partial Reopening of Mount Polley Mine Despite Major Unanswered Questions About Tailings Spill</title>
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