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Tahltan Nation says proposed mining project a threat to headwaters

By Mark Blackburn
May 14, 2012

A controversial open pit mine in northern British Columbia has just been given the green light from the provincial government.

APTN National News
A controversial open pit mine in northern British Columbia has just been given the green light from the provincial government.

As APTN National News reporter Tina House finds out, the Tahltan Nation, along with environmental groups, strongly oppose the project which they say could threaten sacred headwaters.

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