B.C. Government Gives Go-Ahead to Site C Dam, But Fight Far From Over

Ken Boon

The moment I caught wind that the B.C. government’s decision on the Site C dam was coming down, my mind gravitated to Ken and Arlene Boon’s farm in the Peace River valley.

It was there that under the hot July sun, the Boons showed me around their 640-acre property that’s hosted five generations of their family.

If the Site C dam is built, as the B.C. government announced Tuesday it will be, much of the Boon’s farm will end up underwater and they’ll be forced to move.

It’s impossible to replace when you have this kind of history,” Arlene said. (Read more…)

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