No warning signs for gov’t ahead of tailings pond spill, says privacy commissioner

I find that (the) government did not have information about the Mount Polley mine tailings pond dam that was clearly in the public interest, such that it should have been disclosed. — Elizabeth Denham, B.C. privacy commissioner

Dirk MEISSNER
The Canadian Press
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VICTORIA — The British Columbia government did not violate its duty to inform the public before a tailings-pond breach at a gold and copper mine, says the province’s privacy commissioner. Elizabeth Denham said information that the province had about...

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