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B.C. judge grants injunction in legal battle over tailings dam at Mount Polley mine – APTN News
May 09, 2025 The Supreme Court in British Columbia has ordered a pause of operations at a wastewater storage facility at the Mount Polley mine as an addition to the dam. The court’s decision issued Thursday orders the Mount Polley Mining Corp. not to deposit mine tailings into a storage dam that is being raised […]
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Xatśūll asks judge for ‘urgent’ injunction to stop raising of mine tailings dam that failed in 2014 – Penticton Herald
Apr 30, 2025 The Xatśūll First Nation is asking a judge to urgently stop the controversial Mount Polley mine from raising its nearly 20-storey tailings dam even higher on its territories. On Friday, leaders from the Secwépemc community filed for an injunction “on an urgent basis” against ongoing construction to increase the height of the […]
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Supreme Court of Canada agrees to weigh in on B.C. First Nations’ title dispute – Penticton Herald
Apr 25, 2025 First Nations title dispute heads to high court The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to weigh in on a dispute between First Nations that have overlapping land title claims in British Columbia. The overlapping claims involve the Gitanyow Nation, the Nisga’a Nation and the Tsetsaut Skii km Lax Ha Nation, and […]
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BCMLR supports Xatśūll First Nation’s legal challenge against BC over Mount Polley tailings dam
Xatśūll First Nation filed a judicial review on April 15 challenging the BC government’s decision not to require an environmental assessment for the proposed expansion of the Mount Polley’s tailings dam. Mount Polley was responsible for Canada’s worst mining disaster in 2014, when a tailings dam failure released 25 million cubic metres of contaminated waste […]
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Forestry Giant Not Owed Compensation, BC Supreme Court Rules – The Tyee
Teal-Jones had argued it faced ‘constructive taking’ on Haida Gwaii. A decision by the Supreme Court of British Columbia to reject a $75-million compensation claim made by a logging company that once operated on Haida Gwaii could have reverberations across the province as the government continues its reconciliation efforts with First Nations. First Nations territories […]
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B.C. First Nation files for judicial review of Mount Polley mine expansion – Vernon Morning Star
Xatśūll challenging B.C. government authorization of Mount Polley tailings dam expansion A central B.C. First Nation has filed for a judicial review to overturn B.C.’s decision to allow Mount Polley Mining Corporation (MPMC) to raise the height of the dam and the tailings storage facility. A news release by Xatśūll First Nation states the B.C. […]
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UBCIC Statement of Support for Xatśūll First Nation’s Legal Action Against Mount Polley Mine Expansion
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – April 15, 2025) The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) stands in unwavering solidarity with Xatśūll First Nation in its judicial review challenge against the Province of British Columbia’s reckless approval of the Mount Polley Mine Tailings Storage Facility dam expansion—an approval granted without […]
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Green Party deputy leader and Fairy Creek land defender appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada – ricochet.media
April 15 2025 In a case that highlights the complex intersection of Indigenous rights, environmental activism, and the Canadian legal system, land defender and Green Party deputy leader Angela Davidson, continues her legal battle after being sentenced to jail for her role in the Fairy Creek forest protests. Davidson, also known as Rainbow Eyes, a […]
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Are Indigenous children in care being put at risk in B.C.’s Fraser Valley? Former group home operator calls for investigation – CTV News
March 31, 2025 Warning: Some readers may find this story disturbing A boy in government care repeatedly smashed his head against the wall of a group home in B.C.’s Fraser Valley – hitting the surface hard enough to cause significant damage and serious concern, according to the facility’s former operator. Michael Bray, director of Cedar […]
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Gitanyow chiefs tell B.C. court LNG project threatens salmon rights – National Observer
March 27, 2025 A proposed northern British Columbia liquified natural gas project threatens vital salmon habitat, and Gitanyow cultural practices and economic opportunities, the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs argued recently in court. In a February hearing, following a petition filed in October, they told a B.C. Supreme Court Justice that the provincial government’s decision to exclude Gitanyow from […]
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