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Northern B.C. First Nations planning new oil and gas tenure – Vancouver Is Awesome

February 26, 2024

Blueberry River First Nations intends to take on a new petroleum and natural gas tenure, as part of advancing principles and commitments under the 2023 Blueberry River First Nations Implementation Agreement.

Blueberry River First Nations intends to take on a new petroleum and natural gas tenure, with a Jan. 31 letter sent to the Peace River Regional District by the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, authored and signed by April Connolly, Senior Advisor, First Nations Relations.

The letter advises that the ministry is seeking to award the tenure to Blueberry as part of advancing principles and commitments made following the Yahey decision under the 2023 Blueberry River First Nations Implementation Agreement.

The 2021 Yahey decision ruled that the province had breached Blueberry River First Nations’s Treaty 8 rights by over-developing land in their territory, and the provincial government has not issued new permits for further development to avoid infringing treaty rights.

Read More: https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/bc-news/northern-bc-first-nations-planning-new-oil-and-gas-tenure-8355476

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