Immediate Action is needed to limit impacts of Mount Polley Mine tailings pond breach
OTTAWA, ON – On August 7, 2014 the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) called for immediate action to address and limit any potential impacts of…
Resource Development
AER needs to get tough with CNRL: Greenpeace
In reaction to Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNRL) seeking approval to resume crude extraction from its spill-plagued tar sands property near Primrose Lake, Mike Hudema,…
Mount Polley Mine spill threatens health of residents, drinking water and salmon runs
(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver – August 6, 2014) In the early morning hours of August 4, BC Day, a catastrophic breach of Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley…
Chief Sam: Pipeline approval is contingent on collaborative National Energy Strategy
On July 30 2014, Lower Nicola Indian Band Chief Aaron Sam sent a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to outline his concerns about…
Court rules gov’t violated its duty to consult Taku River Tlinget about Tulsequah Chief Mine
ATLIN, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – July 24, 2014) – The Honourable Justice George Macintosh has ruled that the BC Government breached its duty to consult the Taku…
First Nation seeks declaration of Aboriginal Title in challenge to Northern Gateway Pipeline
HARTLEY BAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – July 14, 2014) – The Gitga’at First Nation has launched a court challenge of the federal cabinet’s decision to approve the…
We can save our salmon and eat them too
Fishermen can harvest more fish from healthy salmon runs, while affording greater protection to threatened runs in BC, if consumers eat more salmon from “stock-selective”…
Report pinpoints root causes of CNRL bitumen oil leaks
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has released the results of an independent technical review into the causes of the 2013 bitumen flow-to-surface incidents at the…
Montana First Nation builds healthier homes using green energy
The Montana First Nation is heading a pilot initiative that is poised to radically change perceptions towards green energy uses in Aboriginal communities. The project, funded…
Gitxsan issue Eviction Notice to Sportsfishers, Forestry and CN Rail
GITXSAN TERRITORIES, BC, July 10, 2014 /CNW/ – Simgiigyet’m Gitwangak and Gitsegukla issued eviction notices on July 10 to all Sports Fisheries, Forest Industry and…