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arikara

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8. They were warned about it 3 years ago
Thu Aug 7, 2014, 12:42 AM
Aug 2014

but it was ignored. I wonder if the over 150,000 in donations to the BC Libs had anything to do with the lack of enforcement? Meanwhile, Kristy is tweeting about it instead of going up to the region.

This Tyee article has more info, read the comments too.

http://www.thetyee.ca/News/2014/08/06/Mount-Polley-Tailings-Claims/

Company's Claims of Clean Tailings 'Misleading': Ex-Employee
A mining worker is accusing his former employer of "misleading" the public on toxins contained in its Mount Polley copper and gold mine tailings, and says Imperial Metals Ltd. is attempting to "sugarcoat" its dam accident that saw 10 million cubic metres of water pour into Hazeltine Creek in the Cariboo region of British Columbia.

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