Indigenous Peoples

21/11/25
Author: 
Stefan Labbé
The independent review found B.C.'s logging models for the Mackenzie timber supply region used wildly unrealistic assumptions, and ignored real-world risks like increased wildfire, drought and disease in a pattern likely playing out across the province.Rob Kruyt/BIV

Nov. 19, 2025

An undisclosed report obtained by BIV estimates the province is likely approving twice as much logging as can be sustainably harvested

A leaked technical review prepared for a group of First Nations claims British Columbia is greatly overestimating how much timber it can sustainably harvest in a push for short-term economic gains. 

20/11/25
Author: 
Geoff Meggs
Premier David Eby’s speech at the NDP convention in Victoria Saturday was part of a successful campaign to maintain party support. Photo by Chad Hipolito, the Canadian Press.

Website editor: Also missing: the existential climate crisis? growing inequality, (taxing wealth?), the cost of living?

Nov. 20, 2025

19/11/25
Author: 
John Woodside
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to reporters before question period on Oct. 9, 2025. Photo by Natasha Bulowski/Canada's National Observer

Website editor: Reconciliation?!

Nov. 19, 2025

The federal government is open to helping First Nations buy into the Ksi Lisims LNG export terminal or its related infrastructure as opposition to the projects grows.

17/11/25
Author: 
John Woodside
A rendering of Eagle's Nest via Wyloo.

Nov. 17, 2025

A battle is brewing between a mining company owned by Australian billionaires and the Neskantaga First Nation — and federal officials are sitting on the fence. 

15/11/25
Author: 
Judith Lavoie
Increased herring catches proposed for 2026 could wipe out stocks of the critical food source for salmon, halibut, whales and seabirds, say environmental groups. Photo via Pacific Wild.

Nov. 14, 2025

The DFO proposes to expand the fishery. Environmental groups and the W̱SÁNEĆ fear disaster.

A small, oily fish at the heart of B.C.’s coastal food web will likely disappear without an immediate moratorium on commercial herring fishing, say Saanich First Nations Hereditary Chiefs and conservation groups.

07/11/25
Author: 
Zoë Yunker
A Tyee investigation reveals the BC NDP invited the authors of Abundance to present to caucus. Collage by The Tyee. Crane illustration via Shutterstock.

Website Editor: An important read here! “To just say we are going to go back to what we’ve always done, which is, dig, drill, chop, is such a missed opportunity, [and dangerous in a time of climate crisis!]” McDowell said.

“What they’re not hearing or listening to is members of the public saying, ‘You need to build right. You need to build for the future.’” 

Nov. 7, 2025

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