Barrick Gold Inc. was penalized for repeatedly discharging toxic mine waste into a stream that feeds the Similkameen River.

Barrick Gold Inc. has been handed a $114,750 fine after it was determined by provincial inspectors that the company had ...

The band shared details about the two wildfire incidents on Friday. On Tuesday, around 3:30 p.m., LSIB said their management was notified by band personnel that a fire being used to burn yard waste, ...

Barrick Gold has been hit with a fine of $114,750 for exceeding the amount of cobalt in the effluent from its decommissioned ...

The Washington Series wines include Sauvignon Blanc 2004, Chardonnay 2024 and Rosé 2004, and although all three were made ...

Conditions in the Similkameen and East and West Kootenays have improved slightly from February's reports, with the regions adding one to three per cent to the average snowpack levels. The Lower ...

which flows into the Similkameen River. The underground and later open-pit gold mine operated from 1987 to 1996, and has since been in active care and maintenance. Provincial inspectors found mine ...

On 17 days spanning 2021 to 2023, Barrick Gold Inc. was found to have discharged mine effluent from its Nickel Plate Mine 32 kilometres west of Penticton, B.C., into Hedley Creek, which flows into the ...