by LaurenEBS | Aug 26, 2024 | Climate, Ksi Lisims LNG Project, PRGT pipeline
Construction began on Aug. 24 in a remote location on Nisga’a lands A group of Indigenous young people have blockaded access to a work camp site for a natural gas pipeline to feed a proposed liquefied natural gas project on B.C.’s north coast. The blockade...
by LaurenEBS | Aug 26, 2024 | Climate, Ksi Lisims LNG Project, PRGT pipeline
Following months of efforts by the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs (GHC) to engage in meaningful consultation on the significant changes to the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline and the failure to consult Gitanyow regarding the newly proposed Ksi Lisims LNG...
by LaurenEBS | Aug 24, 2024 | Climate, Ksi Lisims LNG Project, PRGT pipeline
Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs are blocking a road that leads to a work camp for the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline, set to begin construction this weekend. Indigenous youth are at the forefront of opposition to the new fossil fuel infrastructure Gitanyow...
by LaurenEBS | Aug 23, 2024 | Fisheries
More than 50 years after the Gitanyow first raised concerns over the diminishing Kitwanga sockeye salmon population and halted harvest of the vulnerable species, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is building a hatchery to be operated by the nation. The Gitanyow and...
by LaurenEBS | Aug 20, 2024 | Fisheries
Gitanyow Lax’yip, August 20, 2024: Pacific salmon are under threat due to climate change, habitat degradation and other pressures. In British Columbia, some endangered and at-risk populations have dropped dramatically and could be at risk of disappearing completely....