‘Undermining our voices’: Indigenous communities oppose resource extraction industry
For today’s Continental Day of Action Against Canadian Mega Resource Extraction, the Left Coast Post speaks with three Indigenous land defenders in B.C.
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Photo: BC “not for sale” to Enbridge Northern Gateway, say aboriginal and former government leaders
The head of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs said that selling BC’s coast and rivers is not the way Premier Clark should be fighting against Alberta’s oil agenda at a press conference today with leaders from BC’s municipal and environmental groups.
Tsilhqot’in pledge Supreme Court challenge after landmark title ruling
Only one thing is certain from the latest chapter in the Tsilhqot’in nation’s decades-old B.C. court struggle: the legal battle will continue.
Sliammon Approve Treaty Settlement Amid Controversy
Sliammon First Nation members in British Columbia have voted, with 57.5 percent in favor, to accept a treaty settlement.
Who Wins with BC’s New Election Ridings?
As ‘impartial’ commission redraws boundaries, experts discuss potential winners and losers.
Tensions Rise over Dismal Salmon Forecast
At Stó:lō ceremony, talk of waning Fraser River sockeye returns and political clashes with some commercial fishers.
Musqueam Battle to Protect Burial Grounds From Condo Developers in B.C.
Members of Musqueam First Nation, battling to stop a condo development from being built on their ancient burial ground, are escalating the fight with blockades of public roads.
Métis lawyer Robyn Gervais wins civil liberties award
The Métis lawyer who made headlines when she resigned in protest from the job of Aboriginal counsel at B.C.’s missing women inquiry has been awarded the province’s top civil liberties award.
First Nations call for greater representation on fisheries boards
With salmon numbers in B.C.’s once-abundant Fraser River stocks predicted to take another devastating hit this summer, some are questioning why First Nations are under-represented in managing a fishery that has become almost exclusively theirs.
Missing Women Inquiry Hearings End Amid Cover-Up Charges From Victims’ Families
Eight months after they began, hearings into why police failed to catch serial killer Robert Pickton sooner ended much as they began: with families and aboriginal groups protesting outside.
David P Ball 