Indigenous Peoples

13/06/25
Author: 
Bruce McIvor
tunnel

Jun. 12, 2025

In a misguided frenzy of ‘cutting red tape’ and fast-tracking major infrastructure projects, governments across Canada are creating the conditions for their own failure. 

 

Ontario and British Columbia have been the first to jump off a cliff without a parachute. The federal government is inching towards the edge. 

 

08/06/25
Author: 
Sonal Gupta
Aerial view of Prince Rupert, the coastal hub linked to the PRGT pipeline project, which secured its environmental permit to operate indefinitely. Photo by Flickr/ Dennis Sylvester Hurd ( CC BY 2.0)

Jun. 6, 2025

The Prince Rupert gas pipeline project is “substantially started” and will keep its valid environmental certificate for the life of the pipeline, the BC Environmental Assessment Office has ruled.

The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline is jointly owned by the Nisga’a Nation and Western LNG, but other First Nations and environmentalists say the decision favours corporate interests over climate commitments and Indigenous rights.

13/05/25
Author: 
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Dr. Melissa Lem, Kai Nagata, Emiko Newman, Tracey Saxby, Kiki Wood
Piping on the top of a receiving platform for the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline terminus at the LNG Canada export terminal in Kitimat. DARRYL DYCK, THE CANADIAN PRESS
May 12, 2025

For years, B.C. has called itself a climate leader. Now, the provincial climate plan is a shambles.

27/04/25
Author: 
Amanda Follett Hosgood
Liberal party leader Mark Carney responds to questions about reconciliation at a campaign stop in Winnipeg earlier this year. After acknowledging the importance of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, the prime minister shifted to economic development. Screenshot via YouTube.

Apr. 25, 2025

The parties’ policies miss the full scope of issues important to communities, experts say.

22/04/25
Author: 
From the Coalition for Charter Rights and Freedoms
We Say No to Silencing Dissent - poster

Apr. 22, 2025

Dear Mayor Olivia Chow, City Councillors and City Manager:

We, the undersigned coalition, are writing to strongly oppose the development of a bylaw restricting demonstrations/protests in Toronto, as directed by City Council on December 17-18, 2024.

12/04/25
Author: 
Jen St. Denis
Todd Caldecott made this sign about Aaron Gunn, the Conservative candidate in his riding under fire for comments on residential schools — but the signs were ripped down. Photo submitted.

Apr. 11, 2025

The front-running North Island-Powell River Conservative candidate has drawn protests and criticism.

05/04/25
Author: 
Andrew Kurjata
The Maran Gas Roxana LNG carrier navigates through the Douglas Channel to Kitimat, B.C., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (LNG Canada

Apr. 3, 2025

LNG Canada is 'largest single private sector investment' in Canadian history, government says

A 204-metre tanker ship has arrived on B.C.'s North Coast, making it the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier to arrive in Kitimat, as a major energy export project prepares to come online.

The Maran Gas Roxana, sailing under the flag of Greece, made its way through the Douglas Channel Wednesday, carrying a load of LNG that will be used for equipment testing at the LNG Canada site.

24/03/25
Author: 
Brandi Morin
The mountains around Las Pampas. | Photo by Ian Willms

Feb. 27, 2025

Canada has finalized negotiations on a free trade deal with Ecuador, but claimed human rights protections ring hollow in light of alleged state repression

Photos by Ian Willms

16/03/25
Author: 
Adam Radwanski
Building pipelines - Trade war a ‘great opportunity’ to talk about pipelines, says CNRL president

 Mar. 8, 2025

Despite the security dangers posed by U.S. President Donald Trump, there is no way a new – or resurrected – pipeline project would be completed in less than five years

Jonathan Wilkinson would like everyone to take a deep breath, when it comes to one of the biggest, costliest and riskiest ways that Canada could try to assert its energy independence in the face of Donald Trump’s threats.

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