Indigenous nation closes B.C.'s Chilcotin River bridge, citing riverbank cracks

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WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.

— A bridge over British Columbia's Chilcotin River is closed to traffic until further notice after new cracks were discovered near a massive landslide that had blocked the river for days before a breach sent torrents of water and debris downstream.

Chief Joe Alphonse, Tsilhqot'in National Government tribal chair, and Nathan Cullen, B.C.'s water, land and resource stewardship minister, said Thursday there were concerns about future slides and unstable banks along the river near the landslide site.

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