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coastal First Nations

Environment, BC Environment, Coastal First Nations, Indigenous rights

Talks continue after B.C. Rail buys coal licenses on "sacred" ground

VICTORIA — Sixty−one disputed licences to mine coal will be bought by a Crown corporation, in an area of northwestern British Columbia considered sacred by First Nations, says B.C. Minister of...
Jim Prentice

Jim Prentice's PC leadership bid a sign he's abandoning Enbridge gig: Grand Chief

BC First Nations leaders are split on the value of having Prentice for premier of Alberta.

Rebuilding the wild salmon economy

“It’s a wild salmon economy here,” said Taylor Bachrach, the Mayor of Smithers, in describing the Bulkley Valley. “People fly here from all over the world in October and November to fly fish for...

First Nations lead the way in Victoria protest against pipelines and oil sands

First Nations leaders led the protests of 4,500 people in Victoria on Monday.

Pro-oil side M.I.A. at Board of Change pipeline panel

Panelists Rafe Mair, Rex Weyler and Art Steritt all agree on one thing: pipelines and tankers make no business sense for British Columbia.