Harper Gov't Changes to NEB Make First Nations' Concerns 'Irrelevant': Lawyer
By Geoff Dembicki, TheTyee.ca, March 25, 2013
Envoy to deal with First Nations concerns on pipelines
The Canadian Press, CBC News, Mar 19, 2013
Vancouver lawyer Doug Eyford to submit preliminary report to Harper by June
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has named an envoy to deal with aboriginal opposition to resource development in Alberta and British Columbia.
First Nations Group Orders Enbridge Pipeline Off Their Land
Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams, March 8 2013
Day seven of blockade: Group hopes to slow down the flow of Canadian tar sands oil
Alberta aboriginals oppose B.C. Hydro's Site C dam project; say needs more study
Bob Weber, The Canadian Press, Edmonton Journal, March 3, 2013
EDMONTON - Alberta aboriginals are lining up against an energy project deemed crucial to the B.C. economy.
First nations carving out an energy bridge to the B.C. coast
Nathan VanderKlippe, Globe and Mail, Feb 5 2013
CALGARY — For the Canadian energy industry desperate to pump oil and natural gas through British Columbia, the single greatest obstacle has been the dozens of first nations fighting to ensure pipelines are never built.
B.C. First Nations raise red flags over proposed natural gas pipelines
Canadian Press, National Post, Jan 29 2013
Chief Terry Teegee says the projects are at risk because there are no agreements in place for First Nations to assess them
B.C.’s Sacred Headwaters to remain protected from drilling
Mark Hume, Globe and Mail, Dec. 18 2012
VANCOUVER —Oil and gas development is to be banned from a 400,000-hectare area in northwestern British Columbia known as the Sacred Headwaters, The Globe and Mail has learned.
Agreement brings resolution to gas tenure in Northwest
News Release, Government of BC, December 18, 2012
VICTORIA - Today, the government of British Columbia joined the Tahltan Central Council (TCC) and Shell Canada (Shell) to announce an agreement has been reached to resolve the status of natural-gas tenure in the Klappan area of northwest B.C.
B.C. First Nation members evict pipeline surveyors, set up road block
Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, Nov. 22 2012
Members of a First Nation in northern British Columbia have evicted surveyors working on a natural gas pipeline project from their territory, seized equipment and set up a roadblock against all pipeline activity.
First Nations outraged by B.C. premier's Enbridge pipeline 'sales pitch'
Tiffany Crawford, Vancouver Sun, July 28 2012
VANCOUVER — First Nations opposed to the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project are accusing B.C. Premier Christy Clark of selling out British Columbians and putting a price tag on the future of aboriginal people.
Coastal First Nation Pans Provincial Pipeline Stance
By Kai Nagata, TheTyee.ca, July 23 2012
Heiltsuk leaders say BC government's announcement today changes nothing.
Natural resources to define first nations leader’s next term
Gloria Gallowy & Nathan VanderKlippe, Globe and Mail, Jul 13 2012
BC Liberals Put Massive Great Bear Rainforest Private Power Project Back on Table
Damien Gillis, TheCanadian.org, June 14 2012
First Nations group defends power project
Dan MacLennan, Campbell River Courier-Islander, June 13, 2012
A group of North Island First Nations is defending a contentious run-of-river power project, saying the NDP's opposition to the project is misinformed.
Cash not king when it comes to aboriginals, pipelines
By Barbara Yaffe, Vancouver Sun, June 7, 2012
Native groups dispute Enbridge's claim that 60 per cent of first nations along route support project
Money can't buy you love - that's a message several B.C. aboriginal groups sent on Wednesday to proponents of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline.
In B.C., energy policy becomes a political battleground
JUSTINE HUNTER, Globe and Mail, Jun. 03 2012
VICTORIA — A 30-page technical report containing the B.C. government’s assessment of the proposed Northern Gateway project sits on Environment Minister Terry Lake’s desk. Still, his government remains silent on the plan to build a pipeline across northern B.C. to get Alberta oil to Asian markets.
Bill 49 - Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2012 - Hansard - In Committee
Hansard, May 31 2012
Bill 49 - Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2012 - Hansard - Second Reading
Hansard, May 30 2012
Debate in the Legislature on the second reading of Bill 49 focussed on the removal of a section of the Dzawadi–Upper Klinaklini River conservancy to accommodate the design plans for the Klinaklini Hydroelectric Project. Rob Fleming, Michael Sather, and Claire Trevena led the debate and were quite informative.
Pipeline review process hits another snag as second native band pulls out
Justine Hunter, Globe and Mail, Apr. 05, 2012
VICTORIA— The federal review of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline has hit another setback this week after a coastal first nation community withdrew from the process, saying the Harper government has predetermined the outcome.
Alberta First Nation loses bid to take Shell oilsands battle to Supreme Court
By Teresa Smith, Postmedia News, February 23, 2012
An Alberta First Nation that says its treaty rights were violated when the province granted oilsands leases to Shell Canada Ltd. has lost its bid to take the case to the country's top court.
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.
