Posts from ‘In Depth’ - Page 18

Fiveweeks have passed since the arrest of 13 Tahltan defending the SacredHeadwaters from Fortune Minerals’ attempts to drill in this revered naturalarea. FortuneMinerals’ executives may have succeeded in moving ...

Art Meyer, president of Enbridge’sGateway Pipeline Inc. claims that his company made its decision to route itspipeline through Kitimat based on how “environmentally sensitive” theroute would be.  What he ...

Privatizing profits, publicizing costs? A catfight is developing over who will get rich from the purchase of the Prince Rupert Ridley coal terminal.  In one corner is Ontario-based Fortune ...

The letter below was written by David Shipway, an activist on Cortes Island. He raises many important points about the relationship between democracy, globalization and control of resources. I ...

Tom Hackney, President of the GSX Concerned Citizens Coalition gives a prime example of how a community can come together to change the world. Below he discusses how the ...

The door just closed even further on securing BC’s energy future. With little public attention the BC Utilities Commission ruled that there need not be a public hearing to ...

It’s ironic that one day after the BC government announces $100 million to support First Nations capacity on resource issues the RCMP moves in to arrest Tahltan elders and ...

Canadian pundits, politicians and industry are pillorying the U.S. for their position on various trade issues. As they should–the U.S. is a trade bully, no doubt about it. On ...

The RCMP has told Tahltan Elders and Youth who have been blockading Fortune Minerals and Shell Canada’s attempts to drill for coal and coalbed methane in the Klappan Sacred ...