The Alliance’s third outreach session on 29 July 2021 drew participants from BC and Alberta, and focused on local governments’ roles in economic reconciliation with First Nations. Here are condensed remarks from Mayor Dale Bumstead of Dawson Creek BC, himself a member of the Métis Nation, and Councillor Charlie Rensby of Burns Lake BC: Mayor …
Soon after the Ksi Lisims LNG project filed its official project description with regulatory authorities, a knee-jerk letter to the editor appeared on Vancouver Island, decrying the project’s potential impact on the global environment. No mention, of course, as to how the Nisga’a-led project itself plans to be Net Zero within three years, and no …
The Ksi Lisims LNG project, led by the Nisga’a First Nation, has filed its initial project description with federal and BC regulatory authorities. Among the points made: At full build-out, the floating project will produce up to 12 million tonnes per annum of LNG, with an expected life of at least 30 years. “The proponents …
The “bombshell” court decision that held BC violated treaty rights of the Blueberry River First Nations is sending shockwaves into other treaty regions — especially in Alberta. Justice Emily M. Burke of BC Supreme Court ruled that decades of “cumulative” resource developments approved by BC infringed on Blueberry rights under Treaty 8 of 1899. Treaty …
Front and centre in energy news stories, the Ksi Lisims LNG project being explored by the Nisga’a Nation, and the Cedar LNG project being moved forward by the Haisla Nation. The first details of the $55-billion Ksi Lisims project were given to Terrace city council, including these: The floating facility would be located on the …
