Showdown looms as Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline gets green light
APTN National News CALGARY–The National Energy Board’s joint review panel gave the green light Thursday…
British Columbia
Parole denied for convicted killer involved in residential school claims
Ivan Johnny isn’t going anywhere after the Parole Board denied his bid for release this week.
Aboriginal Affairs DM made “snide remark” about Idle No More’s silence: BC Chief
A senior British Columbia chief says the deputy minister of Aboriginal Affairs made a “snide remark” about the lack of Idle No More protests during a recent meeting in Ottawa of a committee created during a controversial meeting between Prime Minister Stephen Harper and First Nation chiefs last Jan. 11.
Homeless sue B.C. city over chicken manure dumping, slashed tents
A group of homeless people in British Columbia are suing the city of Abbottsford.
Missing and murdered women support group put demands to British Columbia’s attorney general
They’re questioning why the B.C. government has failed to move ahead with recommendations from the province’s missing and murdered women inquiry.
Under Commissioner Wally Oppal the inquiry looked into why police failed to find and arrest serial killer Pickton.
A second pipeline over the Rocky Mountains
The Kinder Morgan company wants to add a second pipeline over the rocky mountains along a route that’s existed for 60 years.
Tsilhqot'in gear up for historical Supreme Court hearing
The land and title caravan from British Columbia has arrived safely to their destination.
Aglukkaq to determine fate of mine plan criticized by environmental panel and opposed by Tsilhqot'in
The final word on a proposed open pit gold and copper mine that the Tsilhqot’in British Columbia have vowed to oppose at all cost now rests with Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq.
BC RCMP investigating explosion aimed at First Nation anti-pipeline blockade
Officers from the Houston, B.C., RCMP detachment are investigating an explosion set off at the gates of an anti-pipeline blockade in the province’s interior.