A mining company wants to create an open-pit mine just seven kilometres from the small city of Rossland.

[thetyee@mstdn.ca]

A mining company wants to create an open-pit mine just seven kilometres from the small city of Rossland. If construction proceeds, the operation would be the closest open-pit mine to any B.C. municipality.

Locals, though, are pushing back, reports Hilary Angus. #bcpoli

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