Brenna Owen
A aerial view shows the debris going into Quesnel Lake caused by a tailings pond breach near the town of Likely, B.C. Tuesday, August, 5, 2014. The pond which stores waste from the Mount Polley Mine broke and spilled its contents into the Hazeltine Creek causing a wide water-use ban in the area.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
June 01, 2021 - 1:00 AM
VANCOUVER - Lawmakers in Alaska and Washington state are renewing calls for British Columbia to strengthen its mining regulations to protect shared waterways.
A group of 25members of the Washington state legislature sent a letter to Premier John Horgan in March, saying a tailings dam breach at one of several mines in B.C. within 100 kilometres of the state's border could damage transboundary rivers and fisheries.