Coal company Teck Coal is being assessed fines totalling $60 million for contaminating waterways in southern British Columbia. "It's the largest ever penalty assessed under the Fisheries Act,'' federal prosecutor Alexander Clarkson told court in Fernie, B.C., on Friday. Teck Coal, a subsidiary of Teck Resources, pleaded guilty to two charges of releasing selenium and calcite into the Elk and Fording rivers between January and December 2012. A bend in the Elk River, which flows through the Elk Valley in southeast B.C. The result is an alienation of our people from our lands and waters," Thomas said.

Source: CBC News March 26, 2021 17:37 UTC