The Soda Creek First Nation, traditionally called the Xatśūll First Nation, is going to tap into band savings for a community centre to pay for independent scientists to study the local environment in the wake of the Mount Polley mine spill that sent billions of litres of mining waste in Hazeltine Creek and Quesnel Lake.
Bev Sellers, chief of the Soda Creek said ever since the spill occurred it has been difficult to find reliable sources of information.
“The reports coming out from mining and the government say everything is fine, but we don’t really believe that,” she said in an (Read more…)