First Nation angry over timing of New Prosperity permits

The province last Friday issued drilling permits for Taseko Mines Ltd.’s controversial New Prosperity mine proposal while First Nations communities deeply opposed to it were busy dealing with wildfires and just days before a new government was due to take office.
The three permits authorize Taseko to build 76 kilometres of trails, drill 122 holes, excavate 367 test pits and cut 20 kilometres of seismic lines. The Tsilhqot’in National Government and their communities are outraged over