by LaurenEBS | Aug 26, 2024 | Climate, Ksi Lisims LNG Project, PRGT pipeline
A B.C. First Nation has established a blockade on its traditional territory to close the access point into the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline (PRGT) man camp. Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs decided to blockade the Cranberry Connector, a forest service road that...
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...
