Canada-U.S. transborder political dispute looms over water pollution crisis in British Columbia’s Elk Valley

The federal government needs to act now to address this issue. It must strengthen the CMER regulations to better protect water quality and aquatic life in the Elk Valley. And it must also refer the matter to the International Joint Commission.

Elk Valley, B.C., is in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, close to the Alberta and Montana borders. It hosts stunning views of rugged mountains and scenic rivers. It is also home to 80 per cent of Canada’s annual metallurgical coal exports, generated by Teck Resources Limited’s four-open pit metallurgical coal mines.Photograph courtesy of Garth Lenz

Opinion

BY WYATT PETRYSHEN

June 23, 2022

KIMBERLEY, B.C.—Elk Valley, B.C., is in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, close to the Alberta and Montana borders. It hosts stunning views of rugged mountains and scenic rivers. It is also home to

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