British Columbia has approved a major expansion of the Red Chris mine, allowing the northwest B.C. operation to shift from open-pit to underground mining.
It’s unclear how long the rescue operation will take for three workers who have been trapped underground at a northwest B.C. mine since Tuesday morning.
The B.C. NDP is promising millions of dollars in new investments in clean energy and climate programs if re-elected, while warning a Conservative government would roll back environmental protections.
Students returned to school last month and so did school zone speed limits, but according to the Prince George RCMP, many drivers are not remembering to slow down in school zones.
Operations being audited are within approximately 100 kilometres of Prince George, extending from Bear Lake in the north to Penny in the east, Hixon in the south and the Stuart River to the west. The licence has an allowable annual cut of approximately 187,000 cubic metres.