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Daybreak Kamloops | Dec 10, 2012 | 6:08

Chinese workers at centre of Tumbler Ridge controversy

A group of 200 workers from China are at the center of controversy in B.C. They've been brought to Tumbler Ridge by HD Mining to work in a new underground coal mine. Reporter Greg Rasmussen has just returned to Tumbler Ridge and brings this story.

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