Posts from ‘In Depth’ - Page 17

Fortune Minerals went to court Monday, November 14, 2005 in Vancouverto extend its injunction for a year. But this time the Tahltan trying toprotect the Sacred Headwaters from Fortune ...

As Accountability in Tahltan Country?(1) described, First Nations in Northwestern BC are opposed to business asusual development within their territories. They are raising questions aboutwhether the “new relationship” the ...

Events that occured a decade ago in a land half a world away have relevance here in BC today. In the 10 years since the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa ...

Northwestern BC is quickly becoming thehotspot for indigenous issues in BC. And Tahltan territory is where the glowing coals may soon burst into flames. OnOctober 30, 400 First Nations ...

Canadianbusinesses are being bought lock stock and barrel. From 1985to 2005, 11,380 companies in Canada have been taken overby foreign-controlled corporations. The total value of the takeovers wasapproximately $548.494 ...

Is water the next commodity battle? We know the U.S., particularly the arid southwest is keen for Canadianwater. The good news is 75% of British Columbians are opposedto privatization ...

Simple actions can change the world. Almost 50 yearsago on December 1, 1955 a woman who wason her way home from her secretarial job took a simple courageous action ...

The Tahltan are not the only First Nations Fortune Mineralshas been having trouble with.  The utsl K’e Dene First Nation-a small community ofabout 300 people with no road access ...

The potential takeover of Canadian gas giant Encana by Royal Dutch Shell  has the financial pages all atwitter. Not surprisingly, the press has identified some of the obstacles to ...