Ktunaxa First Nation

The agency that mediates disputes between Canada and the United States over shared waters is pleading with the federal Liberals to join an investigation into contamination from British Columbia coal mines before the Americans move on their own.

Canadian mining company Teck Coal has been assessed $60 million in fines for contaminating waterways in southern British Columbia.

A spectacular swath of mountains, glaciers and forests once proposed for a ski resort is being turned over to the First Nations people who have lived there for centuries.