Mount Polley disaster’s toxic impact continues to filter through B.C. waters, 10 years later: researchers

Former Xatsull First Nation chief Bev Sellars recalls an emergency meeting after the Mount Polley Mine disaster, where elders were in tears as they thought of fish swimming through the toxic waste that had inundated their territorial waters. She thinks of the 2014 disaster often. “There are physical changes you can still see,” Sellars said….

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‘Don’t make us pay’: Northern Ontario mayors say immigration cuts hurt their cities

As the federal government looks to drastically reduce its immigration targets over the next few years, the mayors of northern Ontario’s largest cities say they need more immigrants to sustain local economies and population. The mayors of Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay and Sudbury are calling on Ottawa to deliver on its promise to make…

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B.C.’s Sea to Sky Highway reopens after landslide that knocked 1 home off foundation

The Sea to Sky Highway (Highway 99) has reopened between Lions Bay and Brunswick Beach, B.C., after a landslide Saturday that officials say swept one home off its foundations. DriveBC reported the road connecting Vancouver to Whistler, B.C., reopened in both directions around 5 a.m. PT Sunday morning, ahead of an estimated reopening at 9 a.m. PT. Emergency officials…

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