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Eyes Turn To B.C. As U.S. Pauses Approval Of LNG Projects

Jan 30, 2024 | Climate, Fisheries, Ksi Lisims LNG Project, LNG Development

Calls from climate advocates to follow the lead of the United States and pause Canadian liquified natural gas projects face a serious challenge: a promise of economic reconciliation tied to capital and liquified natural gas (LNG) development. Biden’s move to pause LNG...

As Glaciers Melt, Potential Salmon Habitat Collides With Outdated Mining Laws

Jan 23, 2024 | Climate, Fisheries, Mining

In Alaska and British Columbia, climate change may open new rivers to fish – and to gold mines. As human-caused climate change points a giant hair dryer at Western North America’s glaciers, melting them ever more rapidly, potential Pacific salmon habitat is...

Gitanyow, Nisga’a Fight Over Nass Wildlife Area

Jan 19, 2024 | Aboriginal Title, overlap

The thorny issue of aboriginal rights overlap in the Nass Valley region will be the subject of rights and title claim by the Gitanyow First Nation later this year in October. The Gitanyow are seeking legal recognition of rights and title on 6,200 square kilometres of...

LNG Projects Raising Cost Of Living, Says B.C. First Nation

Jan 17, 2024 | Ksi Lisims LNG Project, LNG Development

Hereditary chiefs say not all economic impacts of LNG are positive. While members of the Haisla and Nisga’a First Nations were talking about the economic benefits to their people from multi-billion dollar LNG projects in Kitimat and Prince Rupert at the BC Resources...

For Immediate Release: Gitanyow Court Victory Paves Way For Aboriginal Title Case And Nation To Nation Discussions

Jan 17, 2024 | Aboriginal Title, overlap

In a landmark court ruling for access to justice for Indigenous Nations, Justice Stephens of the BC Supreme Court has dismissed the application of the Nisga’a Nation to be added as a defendant in the Aboriginal title litigation brought by the Gitanyow Hereditary...

For Immediate Release: Gitanyow Huwilp Hit Hard By Soaring LNG Living Expenses

Jan 17, 2024 | Climate, Fisheries, LNG Development

The Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs are sounding the alarm on the surging costs of living in Northwest British Columbia, directly associated with the LNG Canada project initiated in 2019. This concern is crucial as the Ksi Lisims LNG Project is now advancing through the...