The B.C. Wildlife Federation and the Yaqan Nukiy Lower Kootenay Band are calling on the federal government to immediately investigate alleged violations of the Fisheries…
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Teck handed largest-ever Fisheries Act fine
Teck Coal was today handed two fines amounting to $60 million after pleading guilty in Provincial Court in Fernie to two charges of releasing selenium…
Wildsight questions federal direction to Teck
Teck Resources Limited last week announced that Environment and Climate Change Canada issued a ‘Direction’ under the Fisheries Act to Teck Coal, setting out measures to be taken…
Feds issue Fisheries Act direction to Teck
Teck Resources Limited today announced that Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a ‘Direction’ under the Fisheries Act to Teck Coal, setting out measures…
Feedback requested on management of private forests
The public is invited to provide input on a program that helps to ensure the sustainable management of private forests in B.C. “We want to…
Golden COs hand out a number of charges
Golden area BC Conservation Officers (COs) have been busy over the past week, with compliance verifications resulting in several charges under the Wildlife Act and…
MP says fisheries office progress made
Since being elected in 2015 Kootenay-Columbia Member of Parliament Wayne Stetski has been pressuring the Liberal government to reverse the “damaging” cuts made by the…
Water pollution issues remain in Elk Valley: Wildsight
Regional environmental watchdog Wildsight says it is right that Teck Resources pays a $1.425 million fine in relation to charges under the Fisheries Act relating…
Teck slip to be boon for regional fish habitats
Teck Resources will pay a $1.425 million fine in relation to charges under the Fisheries Act relating to the October 2014 fish mortality incident. The…
Groups call for halt to new mines in Elk Valley
In light of recent charges brought against Teck Resources Ltd. under the Fisheries Act for fish deaths resulting from the failure of a selenium treatment plant…