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Environment

Few details on impact installation of pond leveller at Coats Marsh could have

By Rachelle Stein-Wotten, Gabriola Sounder, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

The Regional District of Nanaimo intends to install a second pond leveller at Coats Marsh Regional Park sometime this fall, but some Gabriolans feel there’s a lack of information that demonstrates the need for it.

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Energy, Indigenous Nations

Ksi Lisims LNG project faces potential setback over pipeline jurisdiction

By Daniel Mesec, CICK 93.9 Smithers Community Radio, Local Journalism Initiative

Last month, the Nisga’a Lisims government in the Nass Valley announced an ambitious new resource project, Ksi Lisims LNG, a 12-million-tonne-per-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) project at Wil Milit, north of Prince Rupert, BC near the Nisga’a village of Gingolx.

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Cost of Climate Change, energy efficiency

Nanaimo Climate action committee settles on priorities

By Rachelle Stein-Wotten, Gabriola Sounder, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

After a year and a half of meetings and planning, the climate action technical advisory committee has endorsed a draft report on recommended actions for climate adaptation and mitigation in the Regional District of Nanaimo.

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Indigenous Nations, Justice

BC gov’t won’t appeal landmark ruling on treaty rights

By Jeremy Appel,  Alberta Native News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

The British Columbia government says it won’t appeal a June 29 court ruling that unchecked industrial development in northeastern B.C. violates the treaty rights of the Blueberry River First Nation, the CBC reports.

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Community, Indigenous Nations, Spirituality

Remembering Kuper IslanD Residential School: Thousands march in Chemainus

Warning: This article contains content about residential “schools” that may be triggering. 

By Anna McKenzie,  The Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter.

On the shores of the town of Chemainus, on the traditional territory of Puneluxutth’, thousands of people in orange shirts gather in memory of the survivors, victims and intergenerational survivors of Canada’s residential “school” system. 

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