Tsilhqot'in First Nation near Williams Lake is...

Tsilhqot'in First Nation near Williams Lake is opposed to the proposed New Prosperity Mine, but one Elder says he fully supports the copper-gold mine, now that Taseko Mines have amended the proposal to protect Fish Lake from contamination. Ervin Charleyboy, former chief of the Alexis Creek Nation, said he has been shunned by the Tsilhqot’in for this support, however. Taseko Mines submitted a renewed environmental impact statement to the federal government in mid-September.