Tag: Mining

B.C. approves tailings dam height increase at Mount Polley mine, site of massive 2014 breach

Business Emily Joveski -
British Columbia has approved a 13-metre increase to the tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine, nearly 12 years after one of Canada's worst mining disasters at the site.

Red Chris mine expansion gets the greenlight

Environment Emily Joveski -
British Columbia has approved a major expansion of the Red Chris mine, allowing the northwest B.C. operation to shift from open-pit to underground mining.

B.C. expands fast-track list with 17 new priority projects

Economy Emily Joveski -
B.C. is adding 17 major resource and infrastructure projects to its fast-track list as the province looks to speed up development amid global economic uncertainty.

Rescuers working to re-establish communication with three trapped miners in northwest B.C.

Provincial Emily Joveski -
Rescuers are working to re-establish communication with three workers trapped underground at a mine in northwestern B.C.

Mining company facing environmental charges

News Justin Goulet -
A B.C. mining company on Banks Island is facing charges for allegedly violating the province's environmental management act. NDP North...

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Hangar 98 – Episode 16: The Great Victoria Blackout of 1979

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Hangar 98 – Episode 15: Pachena Point Foghorn Incident

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Over on the island's west coast, mariners have been haunted by a coastline nicknamed "The Graveyard of the Pacific", but alone at Pachena Point sits a lighthouse with stories of it's own.

Hangar 98 – Episode 14: Godzilla’s Goldstream Rampage

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Hangar 98 – Episode 13: The Leechtown Gold Rush

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In this featured Hangar 98 Episode, a once bubbling gold rush town near Sooke almost had it all, then it all came crashing down leaving nothing but a piece of land...and possibly hopes of a new 'find' on the island.