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Proposed Crown Mountain coal mine could fan the flames of selenium crisis

February 20, 2024 by Simon Wiebe

NWP Coal Canada is forging ahead with its plans to build a new metallurgical coal mine in British Columbia’s Elk Valley, a region already plagued with the fallout from an international water pollution crisis.

What Fernie’s water woes mean for Elk Valley groundwater

January 2, 2024 by Simon Wiebe

In early December, the City of Fernie announced it would begin immediately exploring for a new secondary water supply, with workers planning to operate seven days a week until Christmas Eve. Rush jobs and hiring skilled workers to operate without days off is expensive. It begs the question: what exa

This unlucky fern’s love of magnesium-rich soil could be its downfall

November 30, 2023 by Simon Wiebe

On Record Ridge near the town of Rossland, British Columbia, the perfect conditions exist for a very particular plant called the mountain holly fern to grow. This fern grows in just two isolated areas in B.C., and is listed…

Teck coal sale highlights water quality costs

November 22, 2023 by Simon Wiebe

In 2022, Teck profited a staggering $6.4 billion from their steelmaking coal mines in southeast BC’s Elk Valley, making up 60% of Teck’s total global revenue. Teck’s coal profits in 2022 doubled from the previous year…

Laws of the land

October 26, 2023 by Simon Wiebe

In late September, British Columbia's Supreme Court gave the province 18 months to update its Mineral Tenure Act. The decision has significant implications for both reconciliation and environmental protections in the province.

What’s in Sparwood coal mine dust?

July 10, 2023 by Lars Sander-Green

In Sparwood, dust from the nearby coal mine sometimes drifts over the town, coating everything in fine black powder and leaving some residents concerned about what they're breathing in. But what exactly is in that dust? The answer may…

It’s time for BC to stand with First Nations and Canada to clean up coal mine pollution in the Elk Valley

April 6, 2023 by Wildsight

For decades, mountaintop removal coal mining has been leaching contamination into the Elk-Kootenay River System. Deemed by some as Canada’s largest-ever contamination crisis, selenium, nitrates, sulphates, and other pollutants are threatening species at risk like cutthroat trout, regional water secu

Teck Coal fined for failed water treatment

February 9, 2023 by Wildsight

Kukama?nam/Kimberley The BC government has fined Teck Coal $16.5 million for failure to construct a water treatment facility by the required permit date, along with fines for exceedances in selenium and nitrate. Wildsight strongly supports the administrative…

Environmental organizations apply to intervene in Gitxaala Nation’s legal case against unwanted mining

December 15, 2022 by Wildsight

The intervenor applications for the Gitxaała Nation’s legal challenge against the Province of British Columbia and four mineral claim holders begin today. The Nation filed the case with the B.C.

Wildsight responds to the Ktunaxa Nation Council’s media statement on released documents regarding Kootenay Watershed pollution

November 2, 2022 by Wildsight

K̓ukamaʔnam/Kimberley – Wildsight strongly supports the Ktunaxa Nation’s decades long call to have the International Joint Commission (ICJ) address the deterioration of water quality in the Elk-Kootenay River System. The IJC, with independent representatives from Canada…

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