British Columbia

26/02/20
Author: 
Amnesty International Canada    

Feb. 25, 2020

Yesterday, Amnesty's Alex Neve and I visited Tyendinaga in the aftermath of the Ontario Provincial Police’s enforcement action. We spoke with community members who all described a feeling of betrayal and broken trust.

Following our visit, we issued an open letter to Prime Minister Trudeau to urge him to act now to finally break with decades of failure when it comes to the relationship with Indigenous peoples in Canada. 

You can read and share the letter to Prime Minister Trudeau here: 

26/02/20
Author: 
Alex Ballingall
Rail Blockade
 Feb. 20, 2020
 
OTTAWA—A federal Crown corporation might lend money to support the Coastal GasLink pipeline, a move that one Wet’suwet’en chief called “highly inappropriate” amidst ongoing rail blockades and nationwide protests against the project.
25/02/20
Author: 
Jack Garton
Cover - The Frontline Is Everywhere (in support of Unist'ot'en land defenders)
ALL PROCEEDS FROM SONG DOWNLOADS GO TO UNIST'OT'EN LEGAL FUND. DIRECT DONATIONS CAN BE MADE AT UNISTOTEN.CAMP
Listen here.

25/02/20
Author: 
Maria Paez Victor

Feb. 20, 2020

Canada walked into a political and diplomatic trap of its own making when it took it upon itself to create a self-appointed busybody lobby called The Group of Lima.

22/02/20
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
Fossil Fuel Industry - A new study found that methane emissions from human activities — mainly fossil fuels — are probably 25 to 40 per cent higher than previously estimated. Photo via Shutterstock.

Feb. 21, 2020

The gas plays a powerful role in driving up global temperatures.

A new study published in Nature may have ended a long scientific debate about the key source of rising methane levels in the atmosphere.

It found that methane emissions from human activities — mainly fossil fuels — are probably 25 to 40 per cent higher than previously estimated, while natural sources of methane emissions are up to 90 per cent lower than previously estimated.

22/02/20
Author: 
Health Professionals'

To:  Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
       Hon. John Horgan, Premier of British Columbia
       Hon. David Eby, Attorney-General of British Columbia
       Hon. Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous Relations
       Hon. Scott Fraser, Minister of Indigenous Relations
                            and Reconciliation
       Office of the Wet'suwet'en
       Unist'ot'en Camp
       Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs
       S/Sgt. Janelle Shoihet, RCMP E Division

21/02/20
Author: 
Ethan Cox
Wet’suwet’en territory and bridge - Jerome Turner
FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Pipeline in Wet’suwet’en territory could be delayed by several months
 

Coastal GasLink’s final Technical Data Report for a pipeline the company plans to build through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory has been rejected by the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office. As a result, work on the pipeline in the area of the Unist’ot’en Healing Centre may be delayed.

21/02/20
Author: 
Patrick Breathour
Value of sales by B.C. natural gas producers In billions of dollars

Feb. 20, 2020

This was supposed to be the year of LNG for British Columbia, the year that its new export industry started sending billions of dollars in royalties flooding into the province’s coffers, allowing it to pay off its debt and create an energy powerhouse to rival Alberta’s oil sands.

That was the vision that then-premier Christy Clark touted ahead of the 2013 provincial election, in which she talked about the promise of liquefied natural gas exports to Asia and beyond as an economic breakthrough for B.C., with the takeoff point slated for 2020.

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