Thursday, May 17, 2012 The cross-Canada railway has always been a powerful symbol. Over the years it has been celebrated as a “nation-building” exercise by some, while it is remembered as a source of deep injustice by others. Chinese and Indigenous labourers worked to build the tracks in dangerous conditions
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Environmental Law Alert Blog: Headlines, Pipelines and Time Spent on the Front Lines
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Reflections of two legal interns from Australia As part of our internship with West Coast Environmental Law, we recently travelled with staff counsel to some of the Northern BC communities that would be affected by the proposed Enbridge pipelines and supertankers project, to the community hearings
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Enbridge linked to PNCIMA cancellation
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Revelations on Sunday that Enbridge had actively, and successfully, lobbied the federal government to walk away from a decade long planning process with Coastal First Nations and the Province of BC do nothing to help the company’s embattled pipeline and tankers project, or its reputation with
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Save the Fraser Declaration – Alberta and Northwest Territories First Nations join BC First Nations in opposing Enbridge Pipeline and Tankers Proposal
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 On January 30th, media, First Nations groups, activists and one law student intern crowded into a hotel room on the outskirts of Edmonton for a press conference held by the Yinka Dene Alliance. Alberta and Northwest Territories First Nations signed on to the historic “Save the
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I’ve been invited to participate in the first moot to be held entirely on Twitter. The Twitter Moot will cover environmental law and First Nations rights, and is already attracting international attention. I’ve written a little more about this on Slaw. The student competitors this year are: Team Dalhousie: Michele
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: First Nations from North, South and Interior stand against oil tankers and pipelines
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 December 1st marked a turning point in the effort to protect the Pacific coast and the watersheds that we all depend on from the threat of oil spills. For the first time, First Nations from the north coast, the south coast, and the Interior gathered together
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Tsilhqot’in v. Taseko and smart litigation
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 West Coast Environmental Law congratulates the Tsilhqot’in First Nation on its most recent court win in its efforts to protect Teztan Biny (Fish Lake) from the development of Taseko’s Prosperity (now called “New Prosperity”) mine. Last week lawyers for the Tsilhqot’in and Taseko tangled in court,
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Prosperity Redux: a disappointing decision for the environment, First Nations and the EA process
Monday, November 7, 2011
Today, November 7, 2011, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) announced that Taseko Mine Ltd.’s gold and cop…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Viewing mining’s effects on First Nations through the lens of aboriginal rights
Monday, October 31, 2011
A Guest Post by Bonnie Docherty, Lecturer on Law and Senior Clinical Inst…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: No pumping from Chemainus Aquifer for now
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Last July (2011) we told you about the Halalt First Nation’s win…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Why Harper’s shot at PNCIMA also hit Enbridge in the foot
Thursday, September 15, 2011
The Canadian government recently withdrew suddenly and unexpectedly f…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: “No ‘elsewhere’ to go”
Friday, July 22, 2011
The Dene Tha’ First Nation has sought an order from the B.C. Supreme C…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Halalt Nation’s win protects Chemainus River
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Last week (on July 13th), Madame Justice Wedge of the BC Supreme Court side…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Treaty 8 First Nations appeal to the UN to intervene against proposed Site C Dam
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Treaty 8 First Nations have taken their struggle against the proposed Site …
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: West Moberly Nation wins second round for the Caribou
Monday, May 30, 2011
BC's Court of Appeal has sided with the West Moberly First Nations in req…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: First Nations tell Enbridge: No pipelines without consent
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
When Enbridge recently held its annual meeting of shareholders in Calgary, t…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Just 11 Caribou Left
Monday, February 1, 2010
This morning Chief Roland Willson and the entire Council of the West Moberly First Nations, from Northeast BC, walked into a courtroom in Victoria to ask a judge of the B…
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