Environmental Disaster

• Federal ministers LeBlanc, Wilson-Raybould visit Bella Bella site of sunken B.C. tug

  Fisheries and Oceans Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould spoke with community members and did a fly-over of the scene in Bella Bella on Sunday.

  Environment

  Oct 31, 2016
  
• Diesel spill clean-up near Bella Bella on hold

  Stormy weather has paused the operation to remove thousands of litres of diesel from a sunken tug off British Columbia's central coast.

  Environment

  Oct 20, 2016
  
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• Heiltsuk First Nation calls tugboat sinking near Bella Bella ‘environmental disaster’ as clean-up efforts continue

  The Heiltsuk First Nation caught in the middle of a diesel spill near Bella Bella is sounding the alarm and calling the situation an "environment disaster."

  Oct 18, 2016
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• B.C. mines inspector makes 19 recommendations over collapse of Mount Polley tailings pond

  Operators and engineers at the Mount Polley mine were over confident in the design of a tailings-storage facility that collapsed and created an environmental disaster, says British Columbia's chief inspector of mines.

  Environment

  Dec 17, 2015
• First Nations chiefs want all recommendations from Mount Polley report in place

  A number of First Nations leaders gathered in Vancouver to go over the report and came to the same conclusion; all recommendations need to be adopted immediately.

  Feb 3, 2015