B.C. First Nation launches challenge of province’s approval to raise Mount Polley mine dam
April 15, 2025
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 way, creating one of the province’s largest environmental disasters.The Xatsull First Nation has filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court requesting a judicial review of the government decision to approve the raising of the dam by four metres without “meaningful” conversations with the nation.
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