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B.C.’s Salmon Industry Is Facing An Uphill Swim Against Climate Change

Sep 25, 2024 | Climate, Fisheries

Salmon populations in the province are dwindling thanks to a number of different factors It was on a trip to Kamloops in the fall of 2022 that Dane Chauvel could see, starkly, just how much B.C. salmon are under threat. The second-generation fisherman, founder of...

Gitanyow Nears Completion Of Independent Pipeline Environmental Assessment

Sep 25, 2024 | Ksi Lisims LNG Project, LNG Development, PRGT pipeline

The current environmental assessment certificate for the PRGT line is set to expire on Nov. 25, 2024 The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline's environmental assessment is a point of contention between the Gitanyow First Nation and the Western LNG-Nisga'a...

Indigenous Leaders, Youth Challenge Northern B.C. Pipeline

Sep 10, 2024 | Climate, Ksi Lisims LNG Project, LNG Development, PRGT pipeline

Some Indigenous leaders and youth are posting roadblocks and mounting legal challenges to a planned gas pipeline in Northern British Columbia while the Nisga’a Nation, as the project’s partial owner, pushes back. At the centre of the dispute is a nearly 10-year-old...

NAC Resident Chef Bringing Indigenous Flavours — Like ‘Forest Powder’ — To The Menu

Sep 9, 2024 | Fisheries

The National Arts Centre sous chef's cooking will be showcased at special dinners on Sept. 19 and Oct. 3. If chef Chris Commandant could have had his way, there would be moose meat on the current menu at 1 Elgin, the National Art Centre’s restaurant. “I would have...

‘We Are Willing To Fight. We Are Not Scared’: A New Resistance To LNG Unfolds In Northern ‘B.C.’

Sep 9, 2024 | Climate, Ksi Lisims LNG Project, PRGT pipeline

As construction of the PRGT pipeline begins on Nisg̱a’a lands, their Gitanyow neighbours set up a blockade In the misty mountains of northwestern “B.C.,” resistance is unfolding under the looming shadow of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline....

B.C. First Nation Seeks Judicial Review To Overturn Pipeline Permit On Nearby Territory

Sep 3, 2024 | Climate, Ksi Lisims LNG Project, PRGT pipeline

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...