Chief at centre of tar sands battle has hopes set on Crown-First Nations gathering
Athabasca Chipweyan First Nation Chief Alan Adam is preparing a trip to Ottawa next week.
Tar sands
Harper government "sidestepping" FNs opposed to pipeline in PR war: chief
The Harper government is “sidestepping” the country’s most potent opposition to the Northern Gateway pipeline by instead targeting a “boogeyman” in hopes of scaring up public support, says a First Nation chief who is part of a coalition that has pledged to stop the project at all cost.
Harper government “sidestepping” FNs opposed to pipeline in PR war: chief
The Harper government is “sidestepping” the country’s most potent opposition to the Northern Gateway pipeline by instead targeting a “boogeyman” in hopes of scaring up public support, says a First Nation chief who is part of a coalition that has pledged to stop the project at all cost.
Peaceful protestors charged with “intimidation”
By Kimlee Wong APTN National News Cardston, AB Three Kainai women from the Blood reserve…
Shell sued for failing to meet environmental agreements
APTN National News The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in northern Alberta is suing Shell Canada….
Northern Gateway pipeline facing stiff opposition
Canada is looking to sell Alberta’s tar sands oil to Asia.
NWT leaders fear tar sands means disaster for key watershed
As APTN reported last week, a new study on the Mackenzie River Basin has raised new concerns in the Northwest Territories.
‘There’s other ways of living a life; we don’t have to be so poisonous’
U.S. President Barack Obama recently decided to delay the Keystone XL pipeline and in response, the Canadian government is ramping up efforts to capitalize on the lucrative gas and oil market in Asia.
U.S. delays Keystone pipeline project
It has faced protests on both sides of the border, and now the U.S. State Department has ordered a review of the $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline in a decision that could delay the project until after 2012 U.S. Presidential election.