NCN Land Use Planning Funds a positive step toward fulfilling commitments to Indigenous Nations
Press Release Jan 20 2016 On Monday, CPAWS joined members of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN) and Premier Selinger for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding land use…
Media Advisory: Results of British Columbia’s Largest Groundwater Mapping Project
Press Release January 19, 2016 Media Briefing on Results of British Columbia’s Largest Groundwater Mapping Project in Northeastern BC Geoscience BC will hold a media briefing on January 20th to…
City submits final arguments on Kinder Morgan pipeline to National Energy Board
Press Release January 12 2016 In our final written submission to the National Energy Board (NEB), we have concluded that the proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion is not in the public…
First Nations Present Scientific Evidence on Impacts to Groundwater From Site C Dam
Press Release West Moberly, Prophet River, and Saulteau First Nations say BC Hydro has left gaps in groundwater data at dam site FORT ST. JOHN, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Jan. 12, 2016) –…
UBCIC Calls on BC Hydro to Back off from Peaceful Site C Protestors in Treaty 8 Territory
Press Release (Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C.- January 8th, 2016) The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is denouncing BC Hydro’s deliberately provocative and reckless attempts at fast tracking construction on…
CN submits Environmental Impact Statement for its proposed Milton Logistics Hub
Press Release C$250-million infrastructure investment to support economic growth MILTON, ON, Jan. 7, 2016 – CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced today that it has submitted a comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)…
Wataynikaneyap Initiating Environmental Assessment on Phase 2: Connecting 16 Remote First Nation Communities
Press Release Wataynikaneyap Power L.P. is a licensed transmission company owned by 20 First Nation communities in partnership with FortisOntario and RES Canada (Fortis-RES). Since 2008, Wataynikaneyap Power and the…
BC First Nations Offer Support to Trudeau Government in Fulfilling Federal Commitment to Pacific North Coast Oil Tanker Moratorium
Press Release Saik’uz First Nation, British Columbia/Yinka Dene Territories – Dec. 16, 2015 – Today First Nations leaders in British Columbia offered the Trudeau government their support in implementing an…
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed to attend COP 21 on the Official Canadian Delegation
Press Release Ottawa, ON, November 26, 2015 –Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed has been invited by the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, to attend the…
President Obama’s Keystone XL rejection signals need for progress at Paris climate talks
Press Release November 6, 2015 VANCOUVER — In rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline project, U.S. President Barack Obama has signalled that it’s time for the world to shift away from…
