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Nak'azdli Chief outraged over being kept in the dam(n) dark
by Dam(n) Shame! » Fri Dec 10, 2004 3:16 pm
Nak'azdli Chief outraged over being kept in the dam(n) dark . . .
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Environmental cover-ups continue in mining industry, says Chief Thomas
Nak'azdli Traditional Territory (December 10, 2004) - The leadership of the Nak'azdli First Nation learned through an unofficial source that on November 30, 2004, Teck Cominco's tailings pond dam at Pinchi Lake failed, resulting in untold amounts of toxic, mercury-laden effluent spilling into this fish-bearing lake.
"It's unacceptable that my office wasn't notified by government or industry
of this environmental disaster when it first occurred," said Chief Leonard
Thomas, explaining that the lake lies in his Band's traditional territory,
about 25 kilometres from his village near Fort St. James.
by Dam(n) Shame! » Fri Dec 10, 2004 3:16 pm
Nak'azdli Chief outraged over being kept in the dam(n) dark . . .
MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION
Environmental cover-ups continue in mining industry, says Chief Thomas
Nak'azdli Traditional Territory (December 10, 2004) - The leadership of the Nak'azdli First Nation learned through an unofficial source that on November 30, 2004, Teck Cominco's tailings pond dam at Pinchi Lake failed, resulting in untold amounts of toxic, mercury-laden effluent spilling into this fish-bearing lake.
"It's unacceptable that my office wasn't notified by government or industry
of this environmental disaster when it first occurred," said Chief Leonard
Thomas, explaining that the lake lies in his Band's traditional territory,
about 25 kilometres from his village near Fort St. James.
