Indigenous Peoples

20/12/24
Author: 
Emiko Newman, Kai Nagata, Tracey Saxby and Melissa Lem
What would you include in a mandate letter about tackling climate change? Members of the BC Climate Emergency Campaign penned one to cabinet ministers in the voice of David Eby. Photo for the Tyee by Christopher Cheung.

Dec. 20. 2024

For cabinet ministers facing a confluence of crises, a mock letter from the frontlines of the climate emergency.

19/12/24
Author: 
Max Bearak
Gas flare as seen from Kitamaat, British Columbia.

Dec. 13, 2024

With her hair pulled back into a tight ponytail, her arms and legs covered with 20 tattoos, and her compact frame fitted out in athleisure, Crystal Smith, the elected chief of the Haisla people, looked more like the hometown basketball star she once was than the fossil fuel exporter she’s about to become.

13/12/24
Author: 
Sarah Cox
Imperial Metals has been charged under the federal Fisheries Act more than 10 years after a tailings storage facility failure at its Mount Polley mine in B.C. sent 25 billion litres of toxic sludge into Polley Lake, Hazeltine Creek and Quesnel Lake. Photo: Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press

Dec. 10, 2024

Imperial Metals now wants to expand the Mount Polley mine and continue discharging effluent into a lake. Conservation advocates wonder if charges today will reduce future risks

Imperial Metals, the company that owns the Mount Polley mine in B.C.’s Interior, has been charged on 15 counts under the federal Fisheries Act.

10/12/24
Author: 
Rochelle Baker
Premier David Eby said nine new wind projects co-owned by First Nations will maintain B.C.'s competitive clean energy advantage in global markets, particularly give the uncertain future for renewables in Alberta and U.S., Hand out photo B.C. government / Flickr

Dec. 10, 2024

BC Hydro has unveiled nine new wind projects to meet the growing demand for clean energy while keeping rates affordable for public and industrial users. 

Adrian Dix, the new Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions, announced the projects alongside Premier David Eby on Monday. Dix said the projects will enhance B.C.’s clean energy supply, strengthen the economy and uphold the province’s commitment to affordable rates and reconciliation with Indigenous communities. 

04/12/24
Author: 
Graham Riches and Ian Marcuse
‘Why then is the government relying on charitable food banking to ensure the availability of food and the right to dignified access for low-income households and individuals?’ Photo via Shutterstock.

Dec. 3, 2024

Food insecurity is real, but here are some better solutions.

27/11/24
Author: 
Natasha Bulowski
Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs met on Nov. 25 to recognize the expiration of PRGT's environmental assessment permit with a ceremony. Photo from Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs Office

Nov. 27, 2024

The fate of a 900-kilometre natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia is in limbo after its environmental assessment certificate expired on Nov. 25.

The province must decide whether to greenlight the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline by either making its decade-old certificate permanent or sending the entire project back to the drawing board for a new environmental assessment.

18/11/24
Author: 
The Breach
Screenshot:  UN expert slams Canada’s complicity in Gaza assault

Nov 13, 2024 

UN expert slams Canada’s complicity in Gaza assault

Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, sits down with Desmond Cole to discuss Canada’s ‘crystal clear’ complicity in the Israeli destruction of Gaza and the ‘hope that remains in this darkness.’

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR9_cWkt-HA

14/11/24
Author: 
Deep Jigneshkumar Parekh
The Chemetall Foote Lithium Operation in Clayton Valley, a dry lake bed in Esmeralda County, Nevada, just east of Silver Peak, a tiny town that has been host to various kinds of mining for about 150 years. Photo by: Doc Searls / Flickr CC

Nov. 14, 2024

Where once we dug deep for fossil fuels, today, we dig even deeper for critical minerals. They may be different resources, but their extraction will leave a similar scar on the land, particularly for Indigenous communities who are once again at the forefront of resource extraction’s environmental and cultural toll.

Recent news highlights growing resistance from Indigenous communities worldwide as the global push for energy transition minerals clashes with local rights and ecosystems.

13/11/24
Author: 
Andrew Kurjata
The Site C dam pictured on Wednesday. (B.C. Hydro)

Nov. 8, 2024

Generating power but flooding land loved by locals

After 11 weeks, the Site C dam reservoir in northeastern B.C. is now fully filled.

B.C. Hydro announced the process was complete on Nov. 7, having started in August.

One electricity generating unit has already started feeding into B.C.'s power grid, and another five are set to come online between now and the fall of 2025, increasing the province's power production capacity by an estimated eight per cent.

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