Mount Polley Mine

• 15 charges laid in Mount Polley mine breach more than 10 years after collapse

  Fifteen charges under the federal Fisheries Act have been laid against Imperial Metals Corp. more than 10 years after a tailings pond collapsed the Mount Polley mine.

  Environment

  Dec 10, 2024
  
• Engineers disciplined eight years after Mount Polley mine disaster

  Three engineers have been disciplined nearly eight years after British Columbia's worst mining disaster.

  Environment

  Mar 13, 2022
  
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• Deadline looms for charges against Mount Polley mine owners for 2014 disaster

  Prosecutors in Ottawa have until Sunday to lay charges under the Fisheries Act against Imperial Metals, but more serious federal charges could come later.

  Environment

  Aug 3, 2019
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• Even after the Mt. Polley disaster, B.C. dams are still being built without approval: activist

  Mines minister: "It's an issue that shouldn't have happened in the first place."

  Politics

  Nov 23, 2017
• MiningWatch launches private prosecution against B.C. government and mining company

  An advocacy group has launched a private prosecution under the Fisheries Act against the B.C. government and a mining company over the disastrous consequences of the collapse of the Mount Polley tailings dam.

  Environment

  Oct 18, 2016
• Mount Polley mine protesters arrested in Vancouver after “aggressive behaviour”

  Police say four people have been arrested following a protest against the Mount Polley mine at its head office in Vancouver.

  Crime

  Aug 9, 2016
• Protest marks Mount Polley mine disaster anniversary

  The second anniversary of a mining disaster in British Columbia's central Interior was marked with a First Nations protest and a pledge from the company that the situation has improved at the Mount Polley mine.

  Aug 4, 2016
• Mount Polley Mine allowed to reopen almost two years after environmental disaster

  In August 2014, a massive breach at the Mount Polley Mine site sent 24 million cubic meters of waste and water into nearby rivers and lakes.

  Economy

  Jun 23, 2016
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• New environmental rules for tailings ponds

  The disastrous collapse of the Mount Polley mine tailings pond in B.C.'s Interior last year has spurred changes to provincial environmental requirements for new mines with similar dams.

  Mar 20, 2015
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• 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