Ten years after Mount Polley dam breach in British Columbia, 15 charges laid

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A total 15 charges have been laid against Imperial Metals Corp. its subsidiary Mount Polley Mining Corporation, and engineering firm Wood Canada Limited for alleged violations of the federal Fisheries Act, arising from the failure of the tailings storage facility at the Mount Polley mine in British Columbia 10 years ago.

Over 17 million cubic metres of water and eight million cubic metres of tailings effluent — containing toxic copper and gold mining waste — flowed into lakes and streams that served as salmon spawning ground in the province’s Cariboo region. “These agencies have been working together as the Mount Polley Integrated Investigation Task Force ,” it said. “A Report to Crown Counsel was previously submitted to the Public Prosecution Service of Canada and the British Columbia Prosecution Service by the MPIITF for assessment of its investigation for prosecution.

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