Man celebrated as a hero after saving lives in tragic BC house fire
APTN National News In British Columbia a tragic house fire in surrey claimed the life…
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CSIS watchdog chair lobbying for FN energy firm with links to China
The chair of Canada’s spy agency watchdog has registered in Alberta to lobby for a First Nations energy company jointly drilling for oil on its territory with a Chinese-controlled firm.
Several FNs signed Enbridge ‘protocol agreements’
Many First Nations have signed “protocol agreements” with Enbridge on the Northern Gateway pipeline project.
CSIS watchdog’s Enbridge lobbying “smells terrible”
Former Conservative Aboriginal affairs minister Chuck Strahl entered into “unchartered territory” by deciding to lobby for the energy company behind the Northern Gateway pipeline while also acting as watchdog over Canada’s spy agency, says the NDP’s House Leader.
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…
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.
