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Jade Fever aired its last episode on July 19, following a controversy in May when the Tahltan First Nation called for the show to be taken off air owing to mining issues on their territory.
Image Credit: FACEBOOK/Jade Fever July 22, 2021 - 8:00 PM After seven seasons, the popular Discovery Canada reality TV series,
Jade Fever, aired its last episode on July 19. Bell Media confirmed in an email statement that
Jade Fever had come to an end with its most recent season being its final one. Since it first aired in 2015, the show followed the Bunces, a family of jade miners working in the Cassiar Mountains in Tahltan First Nation’s territory in northwest B.C.
The Tahltan Central Government (TCG) is repeating its calls for a halt to jade mining on its territory. President Chad Norman Day says jade mining operations create a lot of environmental damage, and they often leave behind a large mess that can include abandoned equipment, damaged landscapes and split-open jade boulders.
by Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press
Posted May 9, 2021 5:00 am ADT
Last Updated May 9, 2021 at 5:09 am ADT
VANCOUVER Demand for jade has sparked both a reality TV series set in the remote northwestern corner of British Columbia and opposition from an Indigenous nation over its lack of consent
to jade mining in its territory.
The Tahltan Nation has strong ties to the mining and mineral exploration sector, but the extraction of nephrite jade is “a very problematic industry for us,” said Chad Norman Day, president of the Tahltan Central Government.
B.C.’s consultation with the nation over jade mining permit applications has been “minimal,” Day said in an interview, and in recent years the nation has expressed opposition to new permits and the industry overall.
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Brenna Owen
Pieces of nephrite jade are shown at a mine site in northwestern B.C. in July 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Tahltan Central Government MANDATORY CREDIT May 09, 2021 - 1:00 AM
VANCOUVER - Demand for jade has sparked both a reality TV series set in the remote northwestern corner of British Columbia and opposition from an Indigenous nation over its lack of consentto jade mining in its territory.
The Tahltan Nation has strong ties to the mining and mineral exploration sector, but the extraction of nephrite jade is a very problematic industry for us, said Chad Norman Day, president of the Tahltan Central Government.