She expressed concern about how industrial growth in the region could negatively impact Indigenous women and was immediately attacked by others on council, she said.
“I felt like I really didn’t have allyship amongst the rest of council,” says McCallum-Miller, who is of Gitxsan, Wet’suwet’en and Nisga’a descent.
“I represented demographics on that council that have never been represented, ever. So, it was very hard for me to bring new initiatives when I’m part of a new generation, I’m Indigenous and I’m a young woman.”
Terrace, which has a population of about 15,000, sits 60 kilometres north of Kitimat, where LNG Canada’s liquefied natural gas terminal is under construction, and 150 kilometres east of Prince Rupert, which has seen rapid port expansion over the past decade. The industrial expansion, including the Coastal GasLink pipeline, has brought increased social pressures, rising housing costs and homelessness. But Terrace has not benefited from direct
Yukon gov t warns of potential COVID-19 exposure at mine near B.C. border
The Yukon government wants anyone who has been working at the Silvertip mine on the B.C.-Yukon border within the past two weeks to self-isolate.
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Posted: Mar 13, 2021 3:31 PM CT | Last Updated: March 13
Silvertip mine, near the Yukon-B.C. border, is 90 kilometres southwest of Watson Lake, Yukon, and is owned by Chicago-based Coeur Mining.(Coeur Mining)
The Yukon government wants anyone who has been working at the Silvertip mine on the B.C.-Yukon border within the past two weeks to self-isolate after five employees had positive COVID-19 tests.
Canada’s Coastal GasLink Emerges from Covid Restrictions
Feb 20, 2021 9:25:pm
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Canada’s Coastal GasLink Emerges from Covid Restrictions
TC Energy said February 19 its Coastal GasLink (CGL) project in BC has been approved to emerge from workforce restrictions imposed late last year by health authorities in British Columbia to stem the spread of Covid-19.
CGL’s plan to bring workers back to the 667-km pipeline project, which stretches from Groundbirch near Dawson Creek in northeastern BC to LNG Canada’s liquefaction terminal at Kitimat on the province’s northern coast, was approved by BC’s Northern Health Authority (NHA) and Dr Bonnie Henry, its provincial health officer.