Terrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada Day was marked by an anti-colonial march through Terrace organized by a group called Matriarchs in Training.
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Asking the feds to not renew BC fish farm licenses
Twenty businesses and organizations are recommending that the federal government not renew BC fish farm licenses, when they come up for renewal next year.
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Fairy Creek Blockade is far from over
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 Fairy Creek Activists aligned with First Nations?
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Huu-ay-aht Chief Coun. Robert J. Dennis Sr. is blunt in his assessment of old-growth activists in southwestern Vancouver Island who remain in First Nations’ territories despite being asked to leave.
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Ottawa says “no” to restocking fish farms
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The federal fisheries minister has denied an international aquaculture company the right to stock contentious fish farms in the Discovery Islands for a second time.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has rejected two recent applications by Cermaq Canada to transfer 1.5 million fish to the company’s Venture Point and Brent Island sites following a decision by Ottawa last year to phase out salmon farms in the region by July 2022.
Minister Bernadette Jordan also denied Cermaq’s request to extend its current licences to operate the sites to February 2023 — beyond the deadline set by DFO last December.
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