Likely

• Mount Polley mine owner sues over dam design

  The owner of the Mount Polley mine in British Columbia's Interior has sued two engineering firms for damages over a disastrous dam collapse two years ago.

  Jul 8, 2016
  
• 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
  
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• Mount Polley tailings pit within 6.5 metres of capacity

  Months after the Mount Polley Mine reopened following the catastrophic tailings pond breach in 2014, there are concerns that a new tailings pond is already reaching its capacity. “I cannot state more emphatically that, unless the (discharge) permit is issued immediately, Mount Polley mine will experience another breach,” wrote Williams Lake Mayor Walter Cobb in...

  Environment

  Nov 20, 2015
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• WATCH: Likely landslide victims denied assistance again

  A couple whose home was destroyed by a landslide in Likely, B.C. has appealed and been denied emergency disaster assistance. Joanne Campbell and Ron Woosley lost almost everything when a beaver dam burst on an upstream lake last month, sending thousands of cubic metres of debris and mud straight into their home. They were forced to escape in their boat...

  Aug 5, 2015
• Likely landslide victims have received no government help so far

  Some residents near Likely, B.C., are still waiting for help from the government after a landslide occurred there on July 16.

  Jul 29, 2015
• Debris damages home in Likely, B.C., cuts off about 15 others

  The chairman of a regional government in British Columbia's central Interior says a family has escaped a type of landslide known as a debris flow that also damaged their home.

  Jul 16, 2015
• Man wanted for B.C. death nabbed in Saskatoon

  Police say a homicide charge has been laid in the case of a British Columbia man who was last seen a year and a half ago.

  Crime

  May 8, 2015
• Experts fear sediment from Mount Polley tailings pond could contaminate watershed

  It has been more than two months since the collapse of the tailings dam at the Mount Polley gold and copper mine.

  Oct 9, 2014
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• Residents still drinking bottled water one month after Mount Polley Mine breach

  Imperial Metals now estimates the size of the spill from the collapse of its mine tailings dam to be nearly 70 per cent larger than its first estimate.

  Sep 4, 2014
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• Partial water ban still in place for Likely B.C. as more samples taken from Quesnel River

  A partial water-use ban remains in place for Likely B.C. following a breach of the Mount Polley tailings pond on Monday.

  Aug 8, 2014