Indigenous Peoples

13/01/26
Author: 
Tyler Olsen
‘If we didn’t bring this case forward, it would amount to a tacit acceptance of the RCMP’s practice of detaining and arresting journalists,’ Narwhal editor-in-chief Carol Linnitt says. Photo for The Tyee by Jen St. Denis.

Jan. 13, 2026

The judge’s ruling could reinforce the right of journalists to report from inside police ‘exclusion zones.’

A trial beginning this week in B.C. Supreme Court could help clarify the rights of Canadians to protest, the ability of the media to cover those events, and the consequences for police when they violate reporters’ constitutional rights.

09/01/26
Author: 
Adam Olsen
DRIPA, introduced in 2019, is framework legislation that does not create or alter Indigenous title. Photo via BC government.

Jan. 5, 2026

Reconciliation with First Nations, questions about land title, and creating economic certainty are complex and urgent questions in our province. That is why I feel the need to respond to an opinion piece by Conservative Party of BC interim leader Trevor Halford, published in the Vancouver Sun on Dec. 27.

05/01/26
Author: 
Danielle Beurteaux
Remediation workers walk the shoreline of Hazeltine Creek near the town of Likely, BC in 2020. The creek was one of several bodies of water contaminated with tailings from the Mount Polley gold and copper mine when its tailings dam breached in 2014. File photo courtesy Mount Polley/Flickr

Jan. 5, 2026

The Bloom Lake iron mine is expanding. The Quebec mine, which started in 2018, has plans to more than double annual production next year. The estimated 572 million cubic metres (more than nine million shipping containers) of tailings waste created by this mine will end up in eight lakes and 37 rivers, where it will remain forever. 

31/12/25
Author: 
thejuicemedia
Ksi Lisims LNG terminal and PRGT Pipeline—minus the bullshit.

Watch out Canada - Prime Minister Banker Daddy Mark Carney just added this project to your fast-track list. Here’s our Honest Government Ad about Ksi Lisims LNG terminal and PRGT Pipeline—minus the bullshit.

Watch here: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DRA1H3ZkxWR/

17/12/25
Author: 
The Breach
Smith and Carney - Mark Carney’s pact with Danielle Smith is climate carnage

Website editor: in depth and insightful interview

Dec. 4, 2025

Author and analyst Seth Klein joins Desmond Cole to break down how Carney and Smith have fulfilled Big Oil’s entire wish list

Mark Carney’s deal with Alberta’s Danielle Smith is the climate sell-out of the century.

Author and analyst Seth Klein joins Desmond Cole to break down everything it contains—from pipelines, to AI data centres, to dirty electricity, to a rollback of almost every Trudeau-era climate policy.

11/12/25
Author: 
Andrew MacLeod
The MOU between Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney includes support for a northern pipeline and a Trans Mountain expansion. Photo via Shutterstock.

Dec.11, 2025

BC hoped expanding Trans Mountain would be an alternative to a new pipeline. Instead both are possible.

With public attention focused on a proposed bitumen pipeline to British Columbia’s northwest coast, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith let drop that Premier David Eby had told her he agreed to a different proposal to expand oil shipments through B.C.

09/12/25
Author: 
Tara Lohan, originally published by Resilience.org
Elwha dam

This excerpt is adapted from Tara Lohan’s Undammed: Freeing Rivers and Bringing Communities to Life (2025, Island Press). It is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (

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