Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Company admits to toxic dumping

  September 11, 2012 in City on Page A5 Canadian mining company Teck Metals Inc. has admitted in U.S. District Court to dumping toxic metals and other pollution into the Columbia River near the Washington border during the past … 8

• Canadian mining company admits pollution

  September 10, 2012 in Environmental quality, Region Canadian mining company Teck Metals, Inc. has admitted in U.S. District Court to dumping toxic metals and other pollution into the Columbia River near the Washington border during the past … 4

• Researcher seeking clues behind clusters of disease in tiny town

  August 12, 2012 in City, Health, Idaho on Page A1 NORTHPORT, Wash. – Rose Kalamarides was in her early 20s when she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. Her older brother also got the debilitating disease. So did one of her … 21

• Teck, Colville Tribe go to trial over slag

  August 12, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page A6 In the early 1990s, anglers in the Upper Columbia River reported seeing beads of liquid mercury floating in the water. The sightings were followed by advisories from the Washington Department … 28

• Study tracks reasons behind high rate of illness near Northport

  February 6, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 Gail Leaden was 5 when she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. In high school, Leaden’s best friend in the small town of Northport, Wash., was diagnosed with the same illness. … 4

• Looking back

  February 6, 2011 in City on Page A5 The Trail, B.C., smelter 1896: Forerunner of Teck Resources’ current smelter opens to process copper and gold ore from the Rossland Mine in British Columbia.

• Inflammation found in sturgeon

  February 6, 2011 in City on Page A5 Juvenile sturgeon that ingested slag from Teck Resources’ Trail, B.C., smelter had chronic inflammation in their guts, according to a federal study. Thirty-seven juvenile sturgeon were captured in the upper … 2

• Amid health problems, some Northport residents look to Canadian smelter

    June 21, 2009 in Idaho, Region on Page A1 NORTHPORT, Wash. – Julie Sowards’ best childhood memories are tied to the Columbia River. Leaning on a cane at the river’s edge, the 52-year-old Northport woman recalled how spring floods … 1

• Questions, answers about slag

  June 21, 2009 in Idaho on Page A6 What is slag? A byproduct of the smelting process, which extracts metals from ore. Molten slag is mixed with water, producing a black, glassy, sand-like material.

• Through the years: The Trail, B.C., smelter

  June 21, 2009 on Page A6 1896 Forerunner of Teck Resources’ current smelter opens to process copper and gold ore from the Rossland Mine in British Columbia. 1901 Lead ore added to the smelter’s product mix. 1