The Kispiox Band council in British Columbia is seeking a judicial review to overturn a provincial energy regulator’s decision to allow the construction of a natural gas pipeline on the nearby Nisga’a Nation’s territory. The elected band council, representing the...
Community organizations demand updated environmental assessments and greater local consultation for the PRGT pipeline The BC Energy Regulator (BCER) is facing escalating legal challenges over its approval of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline, with...
Two hereditary chiefs in northwestern British Columbia are demanding a new environmental assessment be done before a liquified natural gas pipeline is built in their territories. On Aug. 22, they burned an agreement between the previous owner of the pipeline and...
Construction proceeding despite Gitanyow protest, says president of Nisga’a Government, which co-owns project Gitanyow hereditary chiefs and a group of young Indigenous people have blockaded a forest service road in northern B.C. in an attempt to prevent pipeline...
At 6 a.m. Monday, Richard C. Mercer, a Nisga’a member, parked his truck across Highway 113, the Cranberry Connector, just outside Gitlax̱t’aamiks, B.C. For the next three hours, he turned back every vehicle associated with the construction of the Prince Rupert Gas...
Tribal protectors representing members of four Nisg̱a’a villages set up a blockade early Monday morning to stop pipeline vehicles from proceeding past the village of Gitlax̱t’aamiks (formerly New Aiyansh) to where a work camp is being built to support construction of...
