Donations swayed BC on Prosperity?
Did hundreds of thousands of dollars in donatinos help convince a provincial government to approve a gold mine?
Tsilhqot’in
Liberals oppose BC Prosperity gold mine
The Taseko Mines Inc. project is out of step with the times on both the environment and First Nations rights front, said Parkdale-High Park Liberal MP Gerard Kennedy.
DFO using flawed policy on Prosperity mine: ex-official
The federal department playing a key role in determining the future of a controversial British Columbia gold and copper mine is relying on a flawed policy to fashion its recommendations to federal cabinet on whether the project should be given approval, says a former department official who helped craft the policy.
BC gold mine area once no-go zone
The area round the controversial Prosperity mine site was once a no-go zone for development. The provincial government put a stop to much smaller projects a few years ago citing concerns over fish habitat and First Nations rights.
‘We meant war, not murder’
Resistance to a planned gold and copper mine in British Columbia’s interior carries echoes of another conflict for the Tsilhqo’in people who are leading the fight to have the project stopped.