Athabasca Chipewyan Launch Treaty 8 Challenge to Shell Canada Over Oil Sands
A First Nation whose land sits in the heart of the Alberta oil sands has ramped up its legal battle against the oil sands industrial development.
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Tankers, Kinder Morgan pipeline opposed with armada of boats
As Kinder Morgan proposes to more-than-double its Trans-Mountain oil sands pipeline from Alberta, First Nations and environmentalists on the coast are escalating their opposition to the project.
Armada of ocean-going canoes paddles against Kinder Morgan
An armada of seafarers took to the Burrard Inlet over Labour Day weekend, embarking on a two-hour journey in opposition to oil pipelines and tankers.
‘Unbreakable wall’ extends to Kinder Morgan pipeline: Interview with Rueben George
This weekend, an armada of ocean-going canoes paddled against an increase in oil flow and tankers in B.C.’s Salish Sea. The Left Coast Post spoke with Tsleil-Waututh nation’s Rueben George.
‘Power of Youth’ Unleashed
Rebel page Brigette DePape co-edits myth-busting book. Who says today’s young generation is apathetic?
Rejection of fish farm lawsuit ‘judicial violence’: KAFN elder
A legal showdown over open-net fish farming in B.C. is looming with Kwicksutaineuk/Ah-Kwa-Mish First Nation (KAFN) announcing it will fight for its right to launch a class action lawsuit at the Supreme Court of Canada.
CAJ AWARD 2012 FINALIST: Oil sands activism ‘in the blood’
Her parents met around Wounded Knee and later fought a mining company. Today, Eriel Deranger has returned to Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation to take on the world’s largest industrial project.
In Vancouver, Memorial for Killed Anti-Mining Protesters
Group sends letters to companies to ‘end unjust mining’ and honour victims.
‘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.
Nations sign Save the Fraser Declaration
A 130-nation-strong declaration of Indigenous law–pledging a united front in the escalating fight against oil sands pipelines–grew two Indigenous communities stronger on July 7.
David P Ball 