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Auto parts, wood chips spill in North Thompson train derailment
March 13, 2025 - 2:00 PM

There were no hazardous spills and no injuries when a CN train derailed near Barriere Wednesday evening.
Documents reveal more than 1,000 potential infractions left unchecked by B.C.’s energy regulator
March 08, 2025 - 12:00 PM
Meet Poppy, an oil spill-sniffing dog and a scientific trailblazer
January 24, 2025 - 9:00 PM

Poppy, a six-year-old springer spaniel with floppy brown ears and a tail that never seems to stop wagging, is by all accounts a very good dog.
'Are they going to walk away?': Charges 10 years after B.C.'s Mount Polley disaster
December 10, 2024 - 3:54 PM

Doug Watt won't forget the sound of a tailings pond collapsing at the Mount Polley Mine more than 10 years ago, sending millions of cubic metres of waste into waterways in the British Columbia Interior.
Crews manage spill after road repair truck falls into lake near Peachland
July 29, 2024 - 4:35 PM

Cleanup crews were sent to Peachland on Saturday to stop asphalt coating from spreading in the lake.
Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill workers leaves most with nearly nothing
April 20, 2024 - 1:00 PM

When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired to help clean up environmental devastation from the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
Decade after Slocan Valley jet fuel spill, judge to hear Lemon Creek class action
July 29, 2023 - 8:14 AM

Residents of the Slocan Valley will finally have their day in court seeking compensation for the damage caused when 35,000 litres of jet fuel spilled into Lemon Creek a decade ago this week.
Kamloops teen on mission to remove rusty cars, metal parts from shoreline
July 08, 2023 - 4:30 PM

A young Kamloops woman is taking initiative to get a mess of rusted cars removed from a dyke along the river, a mess that has been increasing over the decades as the bank has eroded causing old metal parts to stick out of a public path and spill onto the beach.
Mining companies snapping up claims on Indigenous land in B.C. ignore consultation at own peril
June 01, 2023 - 9:00 AM

Reconciliation isn’t the only thing threatened when mining exploration companies fail to get consent from Indigenous nations, says one ethical investor.
Norfolk Southern CEO visits East Palestine, Ohio after derailment
February 18, 2023 - 12:30 PM

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The president of Norfolk Southern made a visit to East Palestine, Ohio, on Saturday following criticism from residents and political leaders about the company's response to the fiery derailment of a freight train carrying toxic materials earlier this month.
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