Naikun partnership resoundingly rejected by Haida
QCI Observer, 12 December 2011
Haida Nation president Guujaaw says the nation will not be getting into the wind farm business, after citizens rejected a partnership with NaiKun Wind Energy Group in a vote Saturday (Dec. 10).
Uproar in Gitxsan First Nation after support for Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline announced
By Mike Hager, Peter O’Neil and Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun, December 5, 2011
Gitxsan First Nation communities held emergency meetings over the weekend to figure out how to scuttle a Northern Gateway pipeline deal with Enbridge Inc. announced Friday.
Native community resists Clark’s coal-mine cajoling
Justine Hunter, Globe and Mail, Nov. 10, 2011
On Dec. 22, 1854, the Snuneymuxw people signed a treaty that provided them with 668 blankets. In exchange, British settlers got to mine the rich coal seam in their territory.
Coal mine a non-starter, B.C. first nation says
By Scott Simpson, Vancouver Sun, November 11, 2011
A northeast British Columbia first nation chief confirmed Thursday that it rejects an $860-million, China-financed coal mine that was championed this week by Premier Christy Clark during her trade mission to Asia.
First nations group rejects pipeline ownership offer
By Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun, September 9, 2011
Enbridge's proposal to hand over 10-per-cent stake in $5.5-billion project called 'desperate and disrespectful attempt' to buy support
The five northern B.C. first nations that make up the Yinka Dene Alliance claim traditional territory that covers 25 per cent of the pipeline route.
BC Hydro convinced it is right
Terrace Standard, August 15, 2011
BC HYDRO is convinced it sent a work crew to a spot on Kitsumkalum traditional territory two weekends ago, which sparked an incident affecting progress on its Northwest Transmission Line.
Millions laid out in Tahltan deal
Staff Writer, Terrace Standard, June 08, 2011
THE TAHLTAN Nation stands to gain more than $500 million in benefits over the lifetime of three run-of-river hydro electric projects being built on its traditional territory, Tahltan leaders estimate.
First nations unite against northwest power line
By Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun, May 9, 2011
Two bands dismiss Hydro offer as 'beads' for land
Two B.C. first nations say they'll join forces to fight a major power line slated to run through their lands and are warning of blockades unless BC Hydro changes its negotiating stance.
Nisga'a approve power line route
Staff Writer, Terrace Standard, March 31, 2011
On March 29, 2011 the Nisga'a legislature, Wilp Si'ayuukhl Nisga'a, passed resolutions in support of the construction of BC Hydro's proposed Northwest Transmission Line through Nisga'a Lands and the Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Park.
A Gateway FOE
Claudia Cattaneo, Financial Post, Feb. 26, 2011
On the surface, there is a disproportionate power imbalance between Jackie Thomas, chief of the Saik'uz First Nation of British Columbia, and Enbridge Inc., the Calgary-based pipeline giant.
A Gateway FOE
Claudia Cattaneo, Financial Post, Feb. 26, 2011
On the surface, there is a disproportionate power imbalance between Jackie Thomas, chief of the Saik'uz First Nation of British Columbia, and Enbridge Inc., the Calgary-based pipeline giant.
Major BC Hydro Transmission Project Dealt Another Blow
News Release, Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council & Okanagan Nation Alliance, February 4, 2011
British Columbia Utilities Commission Rules that First Nations Not Consulted
BCUC find consultation was not adequate with certain First Nations with respect to the Interior to Lower Mainland Transmission Project
BC Utilities Commission
in the matter of
British Columbia Transmission Corporation
Reconsideration of the Interior to Lower Mainland Transmission Project
Decision
February 3, 2011
St'at'imc First Nations could develop energy projects
By Jesse Ferrera, Pique, Whistler, January 19, 2011
Bands to get approximately $210 million, each gets $1 million signing bonus
BC Hydro finalizing $210 million settlement with First Nations
Jesse Ferreras, Pique NewsMagazine, December 17, 2010
St'at'imc communities to vote on proposal in March
BC Hydro is finalizing a $210 million settlement with First Nations who saw power lines traverse their territory for decades without compensation.
Supreme Court of Canada clarifies duty to consult First Nations on hydro project
Chad Eggerman, www.renewableenergylawyer.ca, December 6, 2010
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that First Nations communities must show a causal relationship between a government action and a potentially adverse effect on their interests, for a duty to consult to arise.
Barriers remain to first nations green energy projects
DON CAYO, Vancouver Sun, September 15, 2010
Provincial promises have not panned out
The current industrial economy brought great prosperity to much of the province, but B.C.'s first nations were, with a few exceptions, largely shut out.
B.C. government locks up two mining deals with native bands
Vancouver Sun, August 25, 2010
VANCOUVER — The provincial government has signed two revenue-sharing agreements with two first nation communities in the last two days for specific mining projects within the areas the groups claim as traditional territory.
Ottawa allocates $9 million to train 600 native workers for pipeline jobs
By Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun August 21, 2010
The federal government has pumped $9 million into a training program for up to 600 aboriginal workers for the $1.2-billion Pacific Trail Pipeline project, MP Jay Hill announced Friday in Prince George.
Economic prosperity of first nations hangs in the balance
By Fred Glendale And Dallas Smith, Vancouver Sun, June 14, 2010
The Da'naxda'xw, K'omoks and Campbell River first nations have a vision to create one of the most sustainable clean energy developments in North America.
Natives vow ‘whatever it takes' to stop projects
Mark Hume and Justine Hunter, Globe and Mail, Mar. 24, 2010
Alarmed by proposed resource projects in B.C., band leaders say they’ll stand firm against those they feel threaten their communities
First nations band together — to say no to Enbridge pipeline
Fiona Anderson, Vancouver Sun, March 23, 2010
The day chosen was significant, the 21st anniversary of the Exxon Valdez running aground in Alaska, spilling 40 million litres of crude oil into Prince William Sound and causing widespread damage.
B.C. VIEWS: Lessons of the Peace valley flood
By Tom Fletcher, Victoria News, February 09, 2010
WILLISTON LAKE – Standing at the snow-covered north end of the ninth-largest artificial lake in the world, a couple of ironies soon become apparent.
First nations dispute route for power transmission line
By Scott Simpson, Vancouver Sun, January 11, 2010
Consultations among BC Hydro, British Columbia Transmission Corp. and first nations along a key 255-kilometre power line route are an outright failure and need to start all over again, the B.C. Utilities Commission heard Monday.
