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          <title>Alaskans Push U.S. Government to Investigate B.C.’s Border Mines</title>
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          <title>Canada’s Environmental Fines are Tiny Compared to the U.S.</title>
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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>British Columbians Saddled With $40 Million Clean-Up Bill as Imperial Metals Escapes Criminal Charges</title>
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          <dc:creator>Judith Lavoie</dc:creator>

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               Mount Polley mine disaster               </category>
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          <title>Public Inquiry Formally Requested to Investigate B.C.’s Shoddy Mining Rules</title>
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               auditor general               </category>
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               Bev Sellers               </category>
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               Calvin Sandborn               </category>
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               Carol Bellrigner               </category>
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               Commission of Public Inquiry               </category>
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               Environmental Law Centre               </category>
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               John Horgan               </category>
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          <title>Federal Government Seeks to Quash Lawsuit Against Mount Polley and B.C. Government Before Evidence Heard</title>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

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          <title>Cost of Abandoned, Contaminated Mine Sites in B.C. $508 Million, Up 83 Per Cent Since 2014</title>
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               Carol Bellringer               </category>
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               Imperial Metals               </category>
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               robyn allan               </category>
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          <title>B.C. Ignores Best Practices, Allows Mount Polley-style Tailings Dams on Alaska Border, New Report Finds</title>
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          <dc:creator>Judith Lavoie</dc:creator>

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               alaska               </category>
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               B.C.               </category>
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               Bill Bennett               </category>
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               Chris Zimmer               </category>
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               David Haslam               </category>
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               Ugo Lapointe               </category>
               

          
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          <title>No Fines, No Charges Laid for Mount Polley Mine Disaster</title>
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          <pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2015 05:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
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               Calvin Sandborn               </category>
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               Christy Clark               </category>
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               Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett               </category>
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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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