Posts from ‘Campaigns’ - Page 79
Shell renews threat to Stikine, Skeena Sacred Headwaters
It looks like the Tahltan’s ongoing battle to protect theSacred Headwaters of the Stikine, Skeena and Nass watersheds is about to heat up again. Despite ongoing Tahltan opposition to ...
Site C – The Dam of Self Sufficiency?
Rumours about a revamped Site C proposal seem like a deja-vu. BC Hydro is once again trying to pave the pathway for the controversial Site C hydroelectric dam up ...
The Tar Sands – the Elephant In Canada’s Energy Future
It will be interesting as the federal election campaign unravels how the major parties deal with the elephant in Canada’s energy future-the tar sands. Politicians and oil industry executives ...
A Tahltan Responds
The letter below was submitted to the Vancouver Sun by Beverly Slater (a Tahltan band member and law student at Univ. of Victoria) in response to an Op-ed by ...
13 Tahltan arrested for protecting Sacred Headwaters
In a massive display of opposition to unsustainable development and unaccountable government, 13 Tahltan were arrested peacefully this afternoon. After a moving ceremony witnessed by 100 supporters, including 15 ...
Shell—green wash or hog wash?
With Shell Canada markingthe fifteenth year of their Environment Fund, are the environmental organizations accepting donations from them making the same mistake as the leading arthritis charities that are ...
Pipeline Oil Spills in BC – an anomaly or harbinger of future?
Buried in the back pages last week was a story about an oil spill from Terasen’s pipeline that contaminated creeks and land near Abbotsford. Local residents are worried about ...
Get big money out of politics
In 1748 Benjamin Franklin wrote “time is money.” An amazing transformation has occurred in the US since then. Over the last 257 years the political system has turned money ...
Tahltan moratorium heats up the northwest
“We declare a complete moratorium on resource development in our territory.” These words, in a statement issued by the Elders of the Tahltan Nation last week, have sparked controversy ...