Submitted by Wildsight Bighorn sheep, grizzly bears and native fish populations would suffer if a proposal to expand British Columbia’s biggest coal mine by over…
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Five new fires sparked in the East Kootenay
The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) August 23 reports five new lightning-ignited wildfires in the East Kootenay since yesterday. The largest of the three is along…
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…
Wildsight says dead fish raise larger questions
Twenty-six dead westslope cutthroat trout were recently found downstream of Teck’s Line Creek Operations. Teck Resources Limited last week reported the incident. While Teck has…
Castle mine project headed for federal EA
Conservationists are heralding the August 19 decision by Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson to require Teck Coal to undergo a federal…
Choosing between the environment and economy
Letter to the Editor Teck’s proposed coal mine expansion in the Elk Valley is a controversial issue in the East Kootenay. The Province of B.C….
Coal mining pollutes water and destroys our environment
Letter to the Editor In this global climate crisis, when the world is wanting to reduce its CO2 emissions, it seems counter-intuitive to consider extending…
Wildsight joins calls for federal EA for Castle expansion
Teck counters it is going through a B.C. environmental assessment process Teck Resources Ltd.’s Castle coal mine expansion would be the largest coal mine in…
Teck cutting operations in half at four valley mines
It didn’t take Teck Resources long to react, in part, to a letter sent to it by Elk Valley elected leaders yesterday asking it to…