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Contract awarded for design work at Isintok Dam
<p>The municipality of Summerland has accepted a contract for detail design work at the Isintok Dam.<br />The design work, at a cost of $123,467, is for an outlet pipe at the dam.<br />The request for proposals closed on March 21 and the contract was awarded ...
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Mining company working with environmentalists to clean up old mining sites
CBC News   20 February 2018   Canada   British Columbia  
This aerial shot shows the tailings pile that Margaux hopes will bring them economic benefit even as it helps clean it up. (Nick Diamond/provided)
<p>Calgary-based mining company Margaux Resources has announced a plan to clean up old tailings sites by using new mining technologies to extract the remaining minerals.</p> <p>Margaux has partnered with the Salmo Watershed Sreamkeepers Society &mdash; a non-profit ...
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Mount Polley spill shows increase in temperature, sediment levels: UNBC report
CBCnews   05 May 2015   Canada   British Columbia  
<p>A study on the impacts of a tailings pond spill at the Mount Polley mine last summer shows a number of changes to the Quesnel Lake ecosystem, but researchers say it's still too early to determine the long term impacts on fish and drinking water.</p> <p>The ...