Group returns to court over dam issue

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An environmental group went back to court last week to try to halt construction of the Oldman River dam project.

Friends of the Oldman River Society filed a notice of motion in the Court of Queen's Bench asking that construction licence granted to the province three weeks ago be cancelled.

Last December the society was successful in having the court quash the provinces original licence on the basis that the government had failed to properly notify the public, local officials and regulatory authorities.

The group now says the province has contravened last December's ruling by re-issuing the licence.

The group contends the province has once again failed to give the proper public notice before they issued the licence three weeks ago.