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Energy, Indigenous Nations, Justice

Wet’suwet’en land defenders say BC, federal inaction prompted enforcement of Coastal GasLink eviction

By Matt Simmons, The Narwhal, Local Journalism Initiative reporter

Wet’suwet’en land defenders and supporters say inaction from B.C. and Canada left them no choice but to enforce an eviction order against Coastal GasLink workers and deactivate road access to the project, a pair of measures that have prompted the provincial and federal governments to call for a peaceful resolution to the blockades.

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Energy, Indigenous Nations, Justice

How the Blueberry ruling in B.C. is a gamechanger for the Site C dam, extractive industries and Indigenous Rights

By Matt Simmons, The Narwhal, Local Journalism Initiative reporter

When B.C. Supreme Court Justice Emily Burke served her ruling on a long-fought case between Blueberry River First Nations and the province in late June, unequivocally determining the B.C. government breached  the Nations’ Treaty Rights by permitting and encouraging widespread  resource extraction, she noted B.C.’s regulatory regime for industrial  development is broken.   

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Forests, Indigenous Nations

Why Grand Chief Stewart Phillip is against Horgan’s proposed old growth logging deferrals

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, is among those speaking out against Horgan’s proposal to defer logging on 2.6 million hectares of the province’s most at risk old growth forests.

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Energy, Indigenous Nations

B.C. MLA calls for protection of CGL pipeline workers, slams ‘arrogant’ NDP government

Terrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Following two new arrests at the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline site near Houston this week, Skeena BC Liberal MLA Ellis Ross came forward in support of pipeline workers and spoke about protecting them.

“The workers are not at fault here. They are just doing the job they were supposed to do under a contract with the company. They should not be exposed to anything, other than just doing a job that was lawful.”

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Indigenous Nations, Politics

Election 2021: Democratic renewal, Indigenous affairs are the important issues, says Neale

CKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

The two key issues in this election are the need for the people to make Canada’s important decisions and Indigenous affairs, said Carla Neale, the Marxist Leninist Party candidate for North Island-Powell River.

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