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After months of delay, Justice Lynn Smith ofthe BC Supreme Court releasedher decision in the Hupacasath First Nation lawsuit seeking to quash the decision of the Minister of Forests that approves ...

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 ...

It’s time to walk the talk. If the federaland provincial politicians really support campaign financial reform, theyshould be setting the example by voluntarily refusing donations from non-voterssuch as corporations ...

Attempts by the TahltanCentral Council (TCC) to force through a participation agreement with Nova Goldare facing stiff opposition. In the past few weeks, the TCC, aprovincially registered society that ...

The rhetoric about the ongoing softwood dispute is taking on a life of its ownin the buildup to a federal election. Mr. Martin is talking tough to buttress his ...

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 ...