First Nations in northern B.C. offered $10K payouts ahead of vote on contentious mine project

Some Tahltan First Nation members in northern B.C. are raising concerns about the timing of an “upfront payment” from a ...

First Nations in northern B.C. vote to approve agreement with mining company

First Nation in northern B.C. offered $10K each ahead of vote on contentious mine project Eskay Creek is one of 18 projects B ...
The Conversation

New agreements between First Nations and B.C. government a step toward fulfilling Canada’s treaty obligations

Giuseppe Amatulli is a Post-doctoral Fellow in the Rebuilding First Nations Governance (RFNG) project at Carleton University. This applied action research project is supported and funded by several ...
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Will First Nations seek Aboriginal title to more privately held lands in B.C.?

The Kwikwetlem’s court filing excludes privately held lands but Aboriginal title claims like theirs — that are under ...
Opinion

FIRST READING: The mother of all unintended consequences is hitting B.C. right now

What changed was a Dec. 5 B.C. Appeals Court ruling that not only struck down a B.C. law (the Mineral Tenure Act) on the grounds that it violated UNDRIP, but effectively ruled that any law or ...