Indigenous Rights And Title

• Court orders B.C. to fix mineral tenure system after First Nations challenge

  A B.C. Supreme Court judge has given the province 18 months to fix its mineral rights system First Nations court challenge claiming it fails to adequately consult.

  Politics

  Sep 27, 2023
  
• B.C. and First Nations reach deal to reopen Joffre Lakes park

  Joffre Lakes Provincial Park will reopen to the public on Sept. 19, but close again on Sept. 30 for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

  Politics

  Sep 14, 2023
  
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• First Nations say they’re ‘shutting down’ public access to Joffre Lakes to harvest

  "(We) are asserting our Title and Rights to our shared unceded territory to take this time to harvest and gather our resources within our territories," the nations said.

  Politics

  Aug 24, 2023
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• RCMP arrest 5 amid renewed tensions along northern B.C. gas pipeline route

  Police said the arrests came as they served warrants related to allegations a group of people "swarmed" a Coastal GasLink worker with flares and stole a chainsaw from their truck.

  Canada

  Mar 29, 2023
• Wet’suwet’en elected chiefs repeat call for minister’s resignation as gov’t pact signed

  The virtual signing ceremony saw the hereditary chiefs and government ministers witness each other signing the document through Zoom, as travel has been restricted due to the coronavirus pandemic.

  Canada

  May 14, 2020
• Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, governments set to sign ‘important’ pact from afar

  The memorandum of understanding that's due to be signed will set the terms for months of negotiations on land rights and title for the Wet'suwet'en over their traditional territory in northern B.C.

  Canada

  May 13, 2020
• Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs release details of gov’t pact, but members still concerned

  The chiefs also addressed concerns from the elected leadership that they and other members of the Wet'suwet'en have not been properly consulted with.

  Canada

  May 12, 2020
• Wet’suwet’en elected chiefs call for minister to resign, withdrawal of gov’t agreement

  The elected leadership say the pact on land rights and title has not been fully circulated to the Nation's clans for their input, and accuse the federal and B.C. governments of consulting in bad faith.

  Canada

  May 11, 2020
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• Wet’suwet’en chiefs to sign proposed agreement with governments over land rights, title

  The agreement does not apply to the controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline project, which sparked the discussions that led to the deal.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2020
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• Lawyer behind historic B.C. land rights case calls new Wet’suwet’en arrangement ‘powerful’

  Peter Grant spent 10 years representing the Wet'suwet'en in the Delgamuukw case left dangling by the Supreme Court in 1997, which could be resolved by the proposed agreement announced Sunday.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2020