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Thursday, September 18, 2014 10:00 AM
As part of its ongoing commitment to climate leadership and to maintain its carbon neutrality, the Province has issued a procurement call for greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014 4:00 PM
Results from fish tissue collected from Quesnel Lake on Aug. 9 and 10, 2014, are consistent with provincial background data collected from 54 uncontaminated lakes across the province, indicating no health concern.
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014 3:10 PM
On Sept.4, 2014, the Mount Polley mining facility was inspected by staff from the Ministry of Environment and was found to be out of compliance with the Environmental Management Act (EMA) because effluent was still discharging from the tailings storage facility into Hazeltine Creek.
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014 1:15 PM
The latest water samples from Quesnel Lake and Quesnel River are consistent with previous results and Interior Health reaffirms the water in the area is safe to drink.
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014 8:30 AM
A co-ordinated interprovincial response to invasive mussels has resulted in ten small competition sailboats and one Zodiac travelling from mussel-infested Lake Ontario being inspected at the Victoria Yacht Club.
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Friday, August 29, 2014 1:00 PM
Testing continues on sediment samples and water-quality samples taken by Ministry of Environment staff.
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Monday, August 25, 2014 4:10 PM
Water samples taken from Quesnel Lake on Aug. 13 by Ministry of Environment staff have been tested and continue to meet provincial and federal drinking water guidelines at shallower depths where drinking water is typically sourced from.
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Friday, August 22, 2014 11:00 AM
Testing continues on samples taken from Polley and Quesnel lakes.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 2:30 PM
Environment Minister Mary Polak has suspended the environmental assessment of the proposed Morrison copper-gold mine pending the outcome of the Independent Expert Engineering Investigation and Review Panel in relation to the tailings dam breach at the Mt. Polley mine.
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Saturday, August 16, 2014 11:15 AM
Sediment samples taken on Aug. 10, 2014, from the mouth of Hazeltine Creek and near Raft Creek in Quesnel Lake show that the sediment poses no human health risk.
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