This month a tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine in BC breached, writes Carol Linnitt - spilling 14.5 billion litres of toxic mine waste into Quesnel Lake. A major source of freshwater and one of BC's premier fly-fishing destinations, the lake will never be the same again. But it's just the first big victim of Canada's wave of environmental de-regulation ...
Swapping red tape for caution tape: why Canada can expect more mining disasters Carol Linnitt DeSmog.ca | 27th August 2014 Activism Mining Water Waste Pollution Regulation Canada …