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For Immediate Release: Gitanyow Challenges Ksi Lisims LNG To Prove GHG Reduction Promises

Feb 9, 2024 | Climate, Fisheries, Ksi Lisims LNG Project, LNG Development

Urges Halt to BCEAO Review Demanding Critical Studies Before Advancing Gitanyow Lax’yip, February 9, 2024: The Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs (GHC) issued a detailed response to Ksi Lisims LNG's letter, dated December 22, 2023, raising critical points challenging...

The Future Of LNG

Feb 1, 2024 | Climate, Fisheries, Ksi Lisims LNG Project, LNG Development

Naxginkw, Tara Marsden, Wilp Sustainability Director for the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs, speaks with Carolina de Ryk, host of CBC Daybreak North, about the future of LNG after President Joe Biden pauses LNG approvals until after the November 2024 US elections. Listen...

Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs Win Crucial Court Victory

Jan 31, 2024 | Aboriginal Title, overlap

Ruling excludes Nisga’a Nation as defendant, sets stage for title trial The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs in a significant legal decision that may influence future Aboriginal title disputes and intergovernmental relations....

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As Glaciers Melt, Potential Salmon Habitat Collides With Outdated Mining Laws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