Energy

As a federal court quashes the controversial project, lawyers and Indigenous leaders agree it’s more clear than ever that Canada must modernize its view of Aboriginal rights

As Grand Chief Stewart Phillip prepared for the Federal Court of Appeal decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion Thursday morning his expectations were low.

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BC’s Climate Intentions Papers: A Timid Response – and the Twelve Solutions We Really Need

21/08/18

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Guy Dauncey

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The Practical Utopian

August 20, 2018 - I wish I didn’t have to write this. I count myself a friend of the NDP/Green Alliance, and I had high hopes for the government’s new climate action plans. [1]

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Wilderness Committee submission to the BC government’s climate intentions papers

18/08/18

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Wilderness Committee

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Wilderness Committee

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

OPEN LETTER: Upholding commitments to reconciliation and Indigenous rights in court regarding the Site C injunction hearings

08/08/18

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On behalf of the UNION OF BC INDIAN CHIEFS Grand Chief Stewart Phillip President Chief Robert Chamberlin Vice-President Kukpi7 Judy Wilson Secretary-Treasurer

August 7, 2018

OPEN LETTER: Upholding commitments to reconciliation and Indigenous rights in court regarding the Site C injunction hearings

Dear Premier Horgan and Minister Eby:

We are writing to shed light on the unacceptable and disconcerting gap between your political commitments to reconciliation and Indigenous rights, and BC Hydro’s legal arguments in the current

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British Columbia

Energy

Indigenous Peoples

Site C Injunction Hearing: Mercury, Moose & More

04/08/18

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Witness for the Peace

The hearing for the Site C injunction sought by the West Moberly First Nation continued this week with a morning rally Monday, July 30. Yvonne Tupper, a member of the Saulteau First Nation - along with the white elephant - reminded everyone that it's not too late to stop this debt bomb.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

BC actions in Site C injunction case a blatant betrayal of its promise to uphold Indigenous rights

29/07/18

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Amnesty International Staff

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Amnesty International

JULY 27, 2018

As a BC court considers whether to grant an injunction to halt construction of the Site C dam, arguments by BC government lawyers threaten far reaching negative consequences, warns Amnesty International.

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British Columbia

Energy

Indigenous Peoples

B.C. Supreme Court to decide whether to stop Site C dam work

23/07/18

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Jason Proctor

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CBC News

West Moberly First Nations want interlocutory injunction to stop work ahead of trial

Jul 23, 2018

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Site C dam secrecy ‘extraordinary’, international hydro construction expert tells court proceeding

19/07/18

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Sarah Cox

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The Narwhal

BC Hydro keeping critical information from the public about a project facing serious setbacks and almost certain delay, says expert witness

Jul 19, 2018 6 min read

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Site C dam facing ‘extremely high probability’ of major construction delay: expert witness

19/07/18

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Sarah Cox

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The Narwhal

A report submitted as evidence in a First Nations injunction hearing finds significant setbacks could further complicate the project already behind schedule and over budget

BC Hydro’s troubled Site C dam project, already behind schedule and vastly over-budget, faces an “extremely high probability” of at least a one-year construction delay, according to a leading expert in large hydro dam projects.

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Energy

The Site C Injunction hearing resumed yesterday after a break for the health of Judge Warren Milman.

BC Hydro keeping critical information from the public about a project facing serious setbacks and almost certain delay, says expert witness

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