The Fairy Creek blockade is far from over and there is still a number of people from the Discovery Islands among the thousands going there.
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Are DFO scientists too dependent on funding from industry?
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) unleashed a storm of protests, when they announced that salmon farms pose a minimal risk to migrating wild salmon. One of the most telling criticisms came through an interview that the Globe and Mail had with Kristi Miller-Saunders, head of the department’s molecular genetics laboratory at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo. Dr. Miller-Saunders is troubled about the assessments and the fact department scientists are depend on funding from industry.
Continue reading Are DFO scientists too dependent on funding from industry?Election 2020: Grand Chief Stewart Phillip calls snap election a demonstration of strong leadership
By Dale Boyd, Times Chronicle, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, is supporting the snap election called by Premier John Horgan and the NDP Monday calling it a “demonstration of strong leadership.”
Continue reading Election 2020: Grand Chief Stewart Phillip calls snap election a demonstration of strong leadershipSumas First Nation Calls For Independent Investigation Of Oil Spill
By Carl Meyer, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The chief of Sumas First Nation is calling for an independent investigation into the Trans Mountain pipeline, following an oil spill this past weekend near a significant burial ground for the community.
Continue reading Sumas First Nation Calls For Independent Investigation Of Oil SpillAlberta’s Energy Minister:“Let’s Get It Built”

By Jake Cardinal, Alberta Native News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
ANNews) – On May 22, 2020 Alberta’s Energy Minister Sonya Savage spoke about the COVID-19 pandemic’s positive effect on Alberta’s Energy Sector; the positive being the limited amount of people able to protest.
“Now is a great time to be building a pipeline because you can’t have protests of more than 15 people,” Savage said. “Let’s get it built.”
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