The CBC has reported that the tailings dam has been likened by the Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) to the dam that burst in August 2014 at the Mount Polley mine in British Columbia, causing significant environmental damage.
The CCNB has also previously highlighted that the mine would have a significant impact on local waterways, including Bird Brook, West Branch Napadogan Brook, Sisson Brook, and McBean Brook.
Now the NB Media Coop has posted on social media, “On Monday, the Trudeau Government announced that tributaries of Bird Brook & West Napadogan Brook, part of the Nashwaak watershed, had been placed on a list that would take away its protections so that the Sisson Mine could dump its mining waste in them.” More on this can be found in the Canada Gazette dated February 16, on pages 400 to 421 (pages 38 to 59 of the PDF). #nbpoli