(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, BC) Recent media reports regarding the renewed calls for a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women quote Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt stating "if the guys grow up believing that women have no rights, that's how they are treated" and "It’s a question of people pulling together, addressing the issue, and taking action." More shockingly, Prime Minister Stephen Harper remarked “It isn't high on our radar, to be honest."
(Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde today stated strong disapproval for the decision by the Government of British Columbia to go forward with the construction of BC Hydro’s Site C Dam project. “The dam does not make sense legally, environmentally or economically.” The dam would flood the Peace River Valley from Fort St.
Despite the B.C. government’s announcement that the $8.8-billion Site C dam is going ahead, First Nations and land owners in the Peace River Valley say the battle against it is still on and will spark opposition to other resource projects.
“It’s far from being a done deal. This fight is just getting started,” Chief Roland Willson of the West Moberly First Nation said Wednesday.
“We were shocked,” he said of the band’s reaction to Premier Christy Clark’s announcement on Site C, Tuesday. “It was basically a spit in the face.”
VICTORIA — For Premier Christy Clark, the decision to proceed with building Site C is one that will bear fruit over the next 100 years.
“Long after this announcement today is over, long after my working days in this job are over, I believe that the people of our province will continue to prosper and continue to create wealth and opportunity,” she declared Tuesday.
For Energy Minister Bill Bennett, the giant hydroelectric dam on the Peace River “will be the last of its kind,” here or anywhere else.
It's been a big year in the campaign to prevent the expansion of US thermal coal exports from BC. We wanted to offer a quick review of recent events and a brief preview of the year to come:
VANCOUVER – A look at what was said about the B.C. government’s decision to proceed with the controversial $8.8 billion Site C hydroelectric dam.
B.C. Premier Christy Clark: “In the life of any province, there are moments where each of us has an opportunity, a responsibility, to make big decisions, ones that are going to matter, in this case, for a century. And today is that day.”
Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Grand Chief Stewart Phillip: “This is an ill-advised and incredibly stupid decision the province has made regarding the Site C Project. “
The appearance of avian flu in the Fraser Valley — the fourth such outbreak in 10 years — is just one symptom of the inexorable rise of factory farming, with its attendant risks to animal welfare, human health and the environment.
Thousands of chickens and turkeys are again wiped out by a virulent disease, and thousands more must be destroyed to prevent its spread. Public health officials again must closely monitor a deadly virus affecting poultry to ensure it doesn’t pose a threat to humans.
Here is the text of a leaflet distributed at the BC Federation of Labour Convention in the last week of November, 2014 in Vancouver. Note the appeal at the end of the text forunion members who want to take part in launching a cross-union climate caucus. We welcome emails from any union members who haven't already given us their name and would still like to do so.
The City of Burnaby's latest attempt to throw a roadblock in front of Kinder Morgan's survey work was turned down Thursday.
Burnaby had wanted to appeal a September B.C. Supreme Court decision denying it an injunction that would have prevented the pipeline company from carrying out its study work on Burnaby Mountain.
But the B.C. Court of Appeal wouldn't allow the appeal to go ahead.
