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Mount Polley mine faces major setback as First Nation fights to prevent another environmental crisis

The British Columbia Supreme Court has ordered Mount Polley Mining Corporation to stop its plan to raise the height of its tailings dam. The court said the expansion cannot go ahead until at least ...
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First Nation launches challenge of B.C.'s approval to raise Mount Polley mine dam

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia First Nation has filed a legal challenge over the plan to allow the Mount Polley mine to raise its tailings dam a decade after a similar storage site at the mine gave ...
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First Nation disappointed as B.C. court rejects challenge to Mount Polley dam level

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a First Nation's bid to stop a tailings dam from being raised at the Mount Polley mine site, which suffered a catastrophic dam collapse that spilled ...
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First Nation takes B.C. government to court over Mount Polley dam expansion

A First Nation is launching a legal challenge to the British Columbia government's approval of a tailings pond dam expansion at the Mount Polley mine. The approval comes just over a decade after a ...
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Xatśūll First Nation hopes to overturn court ruling on controversial Mount Polley mine

The Xatśūll First Nation is hoping to overturn a recent B.C. Supreme Court decision rejecting its bid to stop the level of a tailings dam from being increased at the Mount Polley mine site, which ...
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First Nation files judicial review for Mount Polley dam expansion

Xatśūll First Nation filed a judicial review with the Supreme Court of British Columbia regarding the expansion of the Mount Polley mine in the Cariboo region of central British Columbia, Canada. The ...