The Lemon Creek fuel spill will finally go to trial this fall.
Four weeks have been set aside in Nelson court between Sept. 25 and Nov. 30.
Slocan Valley resident Marilyn Burgoon, who started the case as a private prosecution, says she’s pleased.
Burgoon was worried the case might be moved to Vancouver to accommodate the lawyers involved.
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Executive Flight Centre, its driver, and the provincial government each face eight charges under the Fisheries and Environmental Management Acts.
In 2013 a tanker truck spilled 33,000 litres of jet fuel into Lemon Creek and the Slocan River.