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Dec. 17 2013 The B.C. government will take a relatively hands-off approach to Kinder Morgan’s proposed $5.4-billion expansion of its Trans Mountain Pipeline, saying Ottawa has a system in place…
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December 17, 2013 OTTAWA – New documents show some members of a Saskatchewan First Nation are facing allegations they misused government money meant for social assistance to buy themselves vehicles,…
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DECEMBER 17, 2013 The Tsawwassen First Nation has signed leases with three farmers to keep farmland owned by the band under crops for 25 years. Under the terms of the…
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16/12/13 Oil sands producers are talking with the federal and Alberta governments about conditions under which water from the industry’s tailings ponds could be released into the environment. Officials say…
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DECEMBER 16, 2013 Whether the issue is of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline in British Columbia or shale gas extraction in New Brunswick, First Nations are asserting a more active…
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Dec. 16 2013 The Northwest Territories is planning a sweeping expansion of its electrical grid, with hopes of unlocking new mining projects and lowering power bills in remote communities. As…
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WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. _ The First Nations fighting a proposed gold and copper mine in the British Columbia Interior say it’s a disgrace that the provincial mines minister is pressuring…
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12 December 2013 Canada’s aboriginal “First Nations” have unexpectedly emerged as a potential force threatening to derail the plans of Canadian Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s plans to turn western…
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Why Clark and Redford’s truce on the Northern Gateway makes for interesting political theater, but nothing else December 11, 2013 A month before the 2013 British Columbian election that returned Christy…
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Dec. 11 2013 First Nations leaders in British Columbia are seeking multibillion-dollar loan guarantees from the federal government to enable them to take ownership stakes in various liquefied natural gas…
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