BC government stay charges on Mt Polley private prosecution

The B.C. Prosecution Service will not take on a private prosecution launched by a former First Nation chief to keep alive provincial charges in the catastrophic 2014 Mount Polley tailings dam collapse.
The three-year time limit to lay charges under B.C.’s Environmental Management Act expired on Aug. 4, 2017.
At the 11th hour, with the support of several environmental groups — including Mining Watch Canada and West Coast Environmental Law — former Xat’sull First Nation chi