Indigenous Peoples

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature says low water levels are threatening Wood Buffalo National Park’s ecosystem in Alberta and Northwest Territories. It warns construction of the Site C dam in B.C. could make it worse.

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Mythbusters, the BCUC, and the Site C dam

30/11/17

Author:

Roland Wilson and Lynette Tsakoza

Link:

The Vancouver Sun

FILE PHOTO - Grand Chief Stewart Phillip speaks to supporters as Chief Lynette Tsakoza and Chief Roland Wilson look on after they delivered petitions, postcards and messages of solidarity inside a canoe following the government's reports on the controversial Site C dam study during a protest on Lekwungen Territory at Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, November 2, 2017. CHAD HIPOLITO / THE CANADIAN PRESS

{Top photo: FILE PHOTO - Grand Chief Stewart Phillip speaks to supporters as Chief Lynette Tsakoza and Chief Roland Wilson look on after they delivered petitions, postcards and messages of solidarity inside a canoe following the government's reports on the controversial Site C dam study during a protest on Lekwungen Territory at Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, November 2, 2017. CHAD HIPOLITO / THE CANADIAN PRESS}

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B.C. Indigenous leader calls for better marine emergency response after barge goes adrift

28/11/17

Author:

Ian Bailey

Link:

The Globe and Mail

A Zidel 277 barge laden with fuel is towed after going adrift on Nov. 26, 2017 near Bella Bella, B.C. RICHARD REID/HEILTSUK NATION

A day after it went adrift, a fuel-loaded barge was under a tug's control near Bella Bella on Monday, and a B.C. native leader got an unexpected chance to take concerns over such situations directly to the federal Transport Minister.

Marilyn Slett, chief councillor of the Heiltsuk Tribal Council, which raised alarms in October, 2016, when a vessel leaked diesel fuel in waters that are part of their traditional territory, happened to be in Ottawa on Monday for a meeting on reconciliation as the fate of the Zidell Marine 277 played out in the same area.

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Trudeau's Labrador residential schools apology and the Muskrat Falls hydro dam

26/11/17

Author:

Greg Macdougall

Link:

mediacoop.ca

GREG MACDOUGALL - EQUITABLE EDUCATION

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'Enough is enough,' when it comes to oilsands emissions, chief responds to Alberta premier's speech

25/11/17

Author:

Brandi Morin

Link:

CBC News

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is advocating for the expedited building of pipelines like the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion in B.C. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)

Rachel Notley advocated expedited building of pipelines like the Trans Mountain expansion

First Nations chiefs opposed to oilsands development are decrying Alberta Premier Rachel Notley's promises to incorporate climate change commitments while pushing for more pipelines to be built.

Notley advocated for the expedited building of pipelines like Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion in B.C. during a speech at the Economic Club of Canada in Ottawa on Tuesday.

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West Moberly, Prophet River First Nations warn Site C approval could lead to billion dollar treaty violation

21/11/17

Author:

Andrew Kurjata

Link:

CBC News

West Moberly First Nation Chief Roland Willson said B.C. Cabinet members are 'playing their cards pretty close to their chest' when discussing how they will proceed on the Site C dam project, but he believes they must cancel it in order to uphold treaty obligations. (Andrew Kurjata/CBC)

The question of whether Site C violates the 1899 Treaty 8 agreement has not been tested in court

The West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations have warned they will launch a "billion-dollar lawsuit" testing whether the Site C dam violates their treaty rights should the provincial government decide to proceed with the project.

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British Columbia

Energy

Indigenous Peoples

Film Showing Nov 23: This Living Salish Sea

12/11/17

Link:

BROKE

Join BROKE on Thursday, November 23 for the Vancouver premier of This Living Salish Sea, and help raise funds for Pull Together, which funds First Nation legal challenges to Kinder Morgan. We will be screening it at The Cinematheque, doors 7 p.m., screening 7:30 p.m..

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British Columbia

Indigenous Peoples

MARINE HARVEST MOVES TO EVICT FIRST NATIONS

12/11/17

Author:

Molina Dawson.

From: Carla Voyageur
Sent: November 11, 2017 2:21 PM
Subject: press release with footage

MARINE HARVEST MOVES TO EVICT FIRST NATIONS

Desperate to resume operations despite warnings from First Nations and Province of BC

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Ontario knew about Grassy Narrows mercury site for decades, but kept it secret

12/11/17

Author:

Staff Torstar News Service

Link:

Metro News

TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Residents of Grassy Narrows First Nation called news of a secret 2016 report about mercury contamination "sickening" and "a deception." Mercury has sickened generations of residents who fish in the Wabigoon River system.

A confidential 2016 report says provincial officials were told in the 1990s that the site of a paper mill near Grassy Narrows was contaminated with mercury.

Government officials knew in the 1990s that mercury was visible in soil under the paper mill upstream from Grassy Narrows First Nation, but the people there did not find out until this week, Torstar News Service has learned.

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Canada

Ecology/Environment

Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous Peoples

The question of whether Site C violates the 1899 Treaty 8 agreement has not been tested in court

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