Tsleil-Waututh reject National Energy Board conditions for Kinder Morgan – North Shore News
August 19, 2015 Tsleil-Waututh continue anti-pipeline project stance The Tsleil-Waututh Nation says it is standing firm in opposition to Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, despite a list of…
Opinion: Put the brakes on mineral development – Vancouver Sun
August 19, 2015 This month marks the one-year anniversary of the Mount Polley tailings dam failure, Canada’s worst mining disaster. That catastrophe in central British Columbia, which unleashed 24 million…
19 of 22 NWT First Nations miss Transparency Act deadline – CBC
Aug 22, 2015 2014-2015 holdouts could be cut off from non-essential funding Sept. 1 Nineteen of 22 First Nations in the Northwest Territories are among 247 across the country that…
Sask. skateboard company tackles colonial history – StarPhoenix
Deck graphic depicts 1892 leave pass August 20, 2015 On Sept. 25, 1892, a government agent granted Prairie Big Head permission to leave the Sarcee Indian Reservation to sell livestock.…
Property owners, First Nations square off over rice farming in Ontario lake – CBC
Aug 21, 2015 James Whetung harvests the rice and sells it for $12 a pound There’s a battle brewing between property owners on a lake in Ontario’s Kawartha region and…
NuVista pipeline leaks 100,000 litres of oil, water and gas – CBC
Aug 20, 2015 A pipeline in northwestern Alberta has spilled about 100,000 litres of a mixture of water, oil and gas. Calgary-based NuVista Energy owns the six-inch diameter oil emulsion…
Quebec Algonquin First Nations oppose Windmill development in Gatineau – CBC
Zibi development set to begin construction this fall and be completed in 2030 Aug 19, 2015 Five Algonquin First Nations in Quebec have voiced their opposition to the Zibi development…
What the four federal parties have promised Indigenous voters so far – APTN
August 18, 2015 Included in each party platform are pledges to Indigenous communities—some more comprehensive than others. The Conservatives, which signalled the earliest election since 1872 when Sir John A.…
Yukon Law Society calls on government to improve Gladue reports – CBC
Aug 19, 2015 Workers who prepare report need more guidelines, training, says society The Yukon Law Society is calling on government to fund a Gladue program pilot project. The program…
Nunavut seismic opponents take their fight to the Supreme Court – Nunatsiaq News
August 19, 2015 “It’s never dealt with a case quite like this” Vowing that the fight is not over, Clyde River opponents of seismic testing off Baffin Island say they…
