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Proposed B.C. quarry clears legal hurdle, but still faces another court date

The company behind the ­development of a rock quarry in British Columbia has cleared another legal hurdle on its road to establishing an ­industrial site along Millstream Road.

B.C. Supreme Court has ruled the district’s bylaws over O.K. Industries’ activities on the quarry site do not apply as the activities, which include tree falling, soil removal, ­blasting and building, fall under ­provincial jurisdiction under the Mines Act. Times Colonist reports. | READ MORE