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First Nations hereditary leader loses court fight in LNG case

Indigenous leaders gather on Lelu island where the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation has set up camp to protest the construction of the Petronas LNG terminal. Photograph: SkeenaWatershed Coalition
by Brent Jang, Globe and Mail, Feb 28, 2018
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed an application for a judicial review into whether Ottawa acted properly when it approved plans for a liquefied natural gas terminal in British Columbia, saying it is a moot point now because the project has been scrapped. Read the rest of this entry
Lax Kw’alaams hereditary leaders voice support for oil tanker ban
A group of North Coast First Nation hereditary leaders says it is in full support of the federal government’s proposed oil tanker ban.
The Allied Tribes of Lax Kw’alaams says there have been misconceptions about who represents the hereditary leadership of the First Nation. The leadership group says that the Chief’s Council set up to advise proponents of the Eagle Spirit Energy project has been misrepresented as the voice for hereditary leaders in Lax Kw’alaams. Read the rest of this entry
‘Our blood is still on the land’: Tsimshian raise totem pole declaring victory over B.C. LNG project

Members of Lax Kw’alaams, Metlakatla and the Tsimshian First Nations, among others, were present for the raising of a new totem pole on Lelu Island. (Vicki Manuel)
Pole is on island where construction of an LNG export terminal was cancelled in July
By Andrew Kurjata, CBC News, October 23, 2017
Members of the Tsimshian First Nation have raised a new totem pole on Lelu Island in northwest B.C. to assert their stewardship over the land and celebrate the cancelation of a controversial liquefied natural gas project. Read the rest of this entry
Totem pole raised on Lelu after LNG project falls
More than 100 people came to the pole raising on Lelu Island after the end of Pacific NorthWest LNG
by Shannon Lough, The Northern View, October 21, 2017
In a stand of defiance against federal authorities, members of the Gitwilgyoots Tribe and supporters raised a totem pole on Lelu Island on Oct. 20 to signify their claim to the land.
The occupation of Lelu Island began in 2015 on the site where Petronas proposed to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and it has continued even after the company abandoned its Pacific NorthWest LNG project in July. People who either took part or supported the resistance movement came to witness the totem pole being raised on a mound overlooking where the sea meets the Skeena River. Read the rest of this entry
Petronas cancels $11.4-billion LNG project near Prince Rupert

The site of the proposed Pacific Northwest LNG plant, Lelu Island, near Port Edward, Photograph by: http://www.lonniewishart.com , Vancouver Sun
by Scott Brown and Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver sun, July 25, 2017
Malaysian state-controlled energy giant Petronas has pulled the plug on the proposed $11.4-billion Pacific NorthWest LNG project near Prince Rupert.
Petronas planned to build a LNG processing plant on Lelu Island that would have shipped 19 million tonnes a year of liquefied gas to markets in Asia, while pumping more than five million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually into the atmosphere. Read the rest of this entry
BC Premier Christy Clark visits remote First Nation divided over Pacific NorthWest LNG project

BC Premier Christy Clark speaking at an LNG conference.
by Brent Jang, The Globe and Mail, Jan. 18, 2017
B.C. Premier Christy Clark has travelled to Lax Kw’alaams for the first time, visiting the remote aboriginal community that is deeply divided over a controversial liquefied natural gas project.
Pacific NorthWest LNG is expected to make its final investment decision this summer about whether to build an $11.4-billion export terminal on Lelu Island in the Port of Prince Rupert – after this May’s B.C. election. Read the rest of this entry
Petronas Said to Eye New Island for $27 Billion Canada LNG Plan

The site of the proposed Pacific Northwest LNG plant, Lelu Island, near Port Edward, Photograph by: http://www.lonniewishart.com , Vancouver Sun
Deep divisions over BC LNG

A liquid natural gas tanker in Australia.
Multi-year benefit agreements have convinced some First Nations to back the project and pipeline, but some indigenous communities are still opposed
Federal government approves $11.4-billion LNG project in B.C.

Banner on Lelu Island, Tsimshian territory.
Vancouver Sun, September 28, 2016
The federal government has approved an $11.4-billion, liquefied natural-gas mega-project that has been central to Premier Christy Clark’s plans to boost B.C.’s economy — and her hopes of re-election next spring.
Approval was announced late Tuesday after Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr and Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc travelled to Richmond after a cabinet meeting earlier in the day. Read the rest of this entry