Indigenous Peoples

17/02/23
Author: 
Colleen Flanagan
Chief Grace George with the Katzie First Nation wants Trans Mountain Corporation to stop work on Katzie First Nation territory. (The News files)

Feb. 16, 2023

Katzie claim work at two sites, one in Maple Ridge, being done without proper consultation


Katzie First Nation has ordered the Trans Mountain Corporation to immediately stop all work on its territory.

The First Nation claims the oil pipeline corporation is undertaking work in two of Katzie’s unceded village sites, – one in Langley and one in Maple Ridge – “without adequate notice, consultation, or opportunity to monitor works in accordance with project conditions.”

17/02/23
Author: 
Zoë Yunker
Old-growth cedars piled up in Bigmouth and Argonaut Creek areas in the traditional territories of the Secwépemc (Splatsin), Ktunaxa, Sinixt and Syilx First Nations. Photo by Eddie Petryshen.

Feb. 17, 2023

Advocates applaud a key legislative change, but call for faster action to protect biodiversity.

15/02/23
Author: 
John Woodside
Wet'suwet'en nation Hereditary Chief Na'Moks leaves the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto for the Royal Bank of Canada annual general meeting, on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Photo by Christopher Katsarov/Canada's National Observer

Feb. 15, 2023

Calgary-headquartered energy giant TC Energy took a $1.4-billion loss this past quarter, driven by the skyrocketing costs of the Coastal GasLink pipeline.

13/02/23
Author: 
Peoples of the Global South
MANIFESTO FOR AN ECOSOCIAL ENERGY TRANSITION FROM THE PEOPLES OF THE SOUTH
A new manifesto critiques the "clean energy" transitions of the Global North and offers an alternative vision from the Global South.
By  | February 9, 2023

 

Manifesto for an Ecosocial Energy Transition from the Peoples of the South

An appeal to leaders, institutions, and our brothers and sisters

11/02/23
Author: 
Sarah Cox
Alberta's energy war room is promoting the expansion of liquefied natural gas projects in B.C. as construction continues on Canada's first LNG export project in Kitimat, B.C. Photo: LNG Canada

Feb. 7, 2023

Alberta’s energy war room campaign to promote the carbon-intensive LNG industry comes as B.C. admits it will miss emissions targets, even without accounting for new LNG

The BC Natural Resources Forum attracts a who’s who of the forestry, mining and oil and gas sectors to its annual gathering in Prince George. 

10/02/23
Author: 
Ben Parfitt
Blueberry First Nations Chief Judy Desjarlais, centre, signed a historic partnership agreement last month with BC’s Energy Minister Josie Osborne, left, and Premier David Eby, right. But it comes after years of ramped up gas extraction. Photo via BC government Flickr.

Feb. 10, 2023

Now that the Blueberry River First Nations have won a historic agreement, they face thousands of wells greenlit by the regulator.

When the Blueberry River First Nations took the provincial government to court in March 2015, arguing that cumulative industrial developments had robbed them of their ability to hunt and fish, oil and gas companies could see trouble lay ahead.

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