Fish Lake, near the proposed “New Prosperity” Mine in BC VANCOUVER – Taseko Mines Ltd. (TSX:TKO) has formally requested a judicial review of a critical environmental assessment for the proposed New Prosperity copper-gold mine in the B.C. Interior. The company said Monday it has filed the request with the Federal
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The Common Sense Canadian: Teck smelter’s downstream US neighbours may sue over pollution, illness
1988 image of effluent from Teck’s lead and Zinc smelter in Trail, BC (photo: Joel Rogers) Read this Nov. 25 story from CBC.ca on a potential lawsuit involving downstream pollution from a lead-zinc smelter owned by Teck Resources in Trail, BC. Residents of a small town in northern Washington state
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: No Prosperity for Taseko? Report should kill mine; company keeps digging
Xeni Gwet’in Chief Roger William is celebrating a scathing new environmental report on a proposed mine in his territory A second, damning federal report on a proposed mine west of Williams Lake, BC, amid Tsilhqot’in First Nation territory, should sound the gold and copper mine’s death knell. The report, which
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: First Nations occupy mining equipment in Sacred Headwaters
Watch this video from Beyond Boarding – a group of adventure filmmakers who have been following Tahltan Nation opposition to a proposed open pit coal mine in their territory, referred to as the Sacred Headwaters. The Common Sense Canadian has been reporting on the growing standoff between Tahltan members and Fortune Minerals, over
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: First Nations fire back at Taseko CEO’s insults
Xeni Gwetin Chief Roger William at a Vancouver court case in 2011 Read this Sept. 6 rebuttal in the Vancouver Sun by Tsilqot’in National Government Chair Joe Alphonse to an earlier op-ed by Taseko Mines’ CEO Russ Hallbauer which dismissed First Nations’ concerns about his proposed “New Prosperity Mine”. A
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