According to a note on the Flathead Coalition website, during "the three Environmental Assessment Office public comment sessions in Fernie, Sparwood and Elko, not a single British Columbian spoke in favour of Cline Mining's scheme to undertake mountain-top removal coal mining in the headwaters of the Flathead River." See their website for more details, including a photo.
By and large, this matches reports we're getting from other meeting attendees. Local residents are not just objecting to the mine itself, but also to the attendant heavy truck traffic and load-out infrastructure.