Mt. Polley Disaster

• 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
  
• 4 years after Mt. Polley, B.C. could see 2 more tailings dam failures in the next decade

  "Just in B.C. itself, there would in all likelihood be two more tailing stem collapses in the next decade and probably six in the next 30 years."

  Aug 28, 2018
  
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• Stay of proceedings in Mt. Polley dam private prosecution

  The BC Prosecution Service (BCPS) has directed a stay of proceedings in the private prosecution relating to the Mt. Polley tailings pond spill.

  Jan 30, 2018