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First Nations gear up to fight Ottawa for shutting them out in coal-mine rulings

First Nations gear up to fight Ottawa for shutting them out in coal-mine rulings

In its June 17 decision, the joint review panel said the mine’s likely selenium impacts posed too great a risk to southern Alberta’s water supply. It specifically cited the headwaters of the Oldman River in southern Alberta, which flows east from the Rocky Mountains and eventually joins up with the Bow River to form the South Saskatchewan River.