Xatśūll asks judge for ‘urgent’ injunction to stop raising of mine tailings dam that failed in 2014 – Penticton Herald

Apr 30, 2025

The Xatśūll First Nation is asking a judge to urgently stop the controversial Mount Polley mine from raising its nearly 20-storey tailings dam even higher on its territories.

On Friday, leaders from the Secwépemc community filed for an injunction “on an urgent basis” against ongoing construction to increase the height of the dam — which was rebuilt after it collapsed in 2014 in one of the country’s worst mining disasters.

The new injunction application came ten days after the community’s lawyers filed a lawsuit against the province’s permits for Mount Polley Mining Corp.

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