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Chief predicts Oka Crisis if feds impose Enbridge pipeline
Canadian soldier and warrior face off during 1990 Oka Crisis.
Leader says conflict will continue to escalate until the government decides to negotiate in good faith and honour First Nations rights
If Canada fails to respond to live up to its obligations to consult First Nations, British Columbia’s Grand Chief Stewart Phillip believes it will almost certainly see another Oka Crisis, referencing a 78-day standoff in 1990 between the Mohawk people, the Quebec police and the Canadian military that broke out when the province tried to build a golf course on a traditional burial site. Read the rest of this entry
Decolonizing Pipeline Resistance: An Interview with Freda Huson
Freda Huson, Wet’suwet’en.
by Lee Veeraraghavan, Occupy.com, Feb 25, 2014
As the battle over the Keystone XL pipeline intensifies in the United States, the Canadian province of British Columbia faces similar battles of its own. Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline, if approved, would transport diluted bitumen from the Alberta tar sands to the Pacific Coast. Read the rest of this entry
Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline raises issue of Native-land grab
Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion: lowering pipes into trench.
by Travis Lupick, The Georgia Straight,Feb 12, 2014
An email sent by the president of Kinder Morgan Canada to the B.C. premier’s office reveals in frank language the challenge for oil companies posed by First Nations opposing pipeline projects. Read the rest of this entry
Fight the Pipelines: Answering the call to action
Unist’tot’en camp members stop surveyors, November 2012.
February 8, 2014
What’s happening? What should we do? What happens next?
WORK HAS STARTED ON THE PIPELINE ROUTE
It’s not clear exactly how much work has been done on the Pacific Trail and Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline route. Most likely they are clearing trees and brush. Worst case: They are digging trenches and laying pipe already. The info from Unis’tot’en Camp says the work is starting from the east and west and it will meet the indigenous blockade in the middle. http://unistotencamp.com/?p=761 Read the rest of this entry
Black bear killed by Apache contractor near Nelson, BC
Apache contractor ran over a hibernating bear den while clearing land near Fort Nelson, B.C.
CBC News, Jan 30, 2014
An oil and gas company is investigating after one of its contractors accidentally ran over and killed a black bear near Fort Nelson, B.C., last week.
The black bear was hibernating in a shallow, unidentified den approximately 100 kilometres northwest of Fort Nelson, in the Liard Basin of northern B.C. Read the rest of this entry
Pancakes Not Pipelines Draws Large Crowd; Fundraiser for Unist’ot’en Camp
by A Thorn in Their Side, Jan 27, 2014
Beginning in the AM, a crowd of over 500 showed up to an event organized by Skwomesh Action, at Chief Joe Mattias Centre in the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh territories (so called West Vancouver). Read the rest of this entry
Are Police Ready for a Fierce Northern Gateway Battle?
Members of the Vancouver police Public Safety Unit guard the site of the Enbridge hearings in Vancouver, Jan 14, 2013.
Activists say direct action to stop the project remains a last resort, but BC’s north wonders: is the RCMP prepared?
By Andrew MacLeod, Jan 24, 2014, TheTyee.ca
There are worries in northern British Columbia that aside from the environmental risks, approval of Enbridge Inc.’s Northern Gateway pipeline proposal and the resulting protests could seriously disrupt the economy in communities along the proposed route. Read the rest of this entry
Angry protesters force Phil Fontaine off university stage
Fontaine’s speech disrupted at University of Winnipeg event, Jan 22, 2014.
Phil Fontaine’s speaking engagement at University of Winnipeg rescheduled
CBC News, Jan 22, 2014
Angry protesters took over a planned talk by First Nations leader Phil Fontaine in Winnipeg on Wednesday, resulting in the rescheduling of the event.
Fontaine was scheduled to speak at the University of Winnipeg in the early afternoon on First Nations issues in the past, present and future. Read the rest of this entry
Activists plot how to block new pipelines in B.C.
by Carlito Pablo, The Georgia Straight, Jan 8, 2014
Solidarity with Mi’kmaq banners at Unist’ot’en camp, Dec 2, 2013.
At night, around campfires under a New Brunswick sky, Ambrose Williams thought about imminent battles back home. Last November, the young Vancouver man and nine others travelled more than 5,000 kilometres east to the town of Rexton. Their mission was to reinforce the Mi’kmaq of the Elsipogtog First Nation who had clashed the month before with the RCMP. The confrontation happened on October 17, 2013, when heavily armed police dismantled a highway blockade by Natives opposing a gas-exploration project. Read the rest of this entry
After Northern Gateway pipeline recommendation, Unist’ot’en blockade camp ups the ante
First Nations blockade camp standing in the path of Northern Gateway gets an influx of volunteer applications in preparation for the fight against oil and gas companies
Construction of pit house at Unist’tot’en camp, Oct 2013.
With the announcement of the National Energy Board’s ruling in favour of Enbridge’s Northern pipeline, and the fall of yet another government environmental safeguard, the organizers of the anti-pipeline blockade camp in Northern BC are more committed than ever to holding their ground. Along with partner Forest Action Network (FAN), they’ve put out a call for more volunteers, and FAN director Zoe Blunt says they’ve received a flood of applications in the past week from people eager to travel to the camp and help out. Read the rest of this entry
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