Bob Castle's Under The Glacier cartoon for Dec. 9, 2020

Bob Castle’s Under The Glacier cartoon for Dec. 9, 2020

Bob Castle’s Under The Glacier cartoon for Dec. 9, 2020

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Vancouver-based Doubleview Gold Corp. is developing claims in an area north of Telegraph Creek that occupies an important place in Tahltan oral histories, said Chad Norman Day, president of the Tahltan Central Government. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO)
B.C. Indigenous nation opposes mineral exploration in culturally sensitive area

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