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Article content Some 481 of the approximately 600 permits required for Site C “have been received and are actively being managed,” according to Hydro’s latest progress report to the B.C. Utilities Commission. Ninety of the 120 or so permits that remain to be issued are provincial, the rest federal. Some are critical, including those needed to proceed with filling the reservoir and completing construction of the generating station. “All future permits are anticipated to be issued in accordance with the project construction schedule,” says Hydro. Not clear how that can be squared with Burke’s edict that government and its agencies cannot continue to “authorize activities that breach the promises included in the treaty.” ....
As part of their supporting evidence, Blueberry River mapped out resource projects in their territory in 1965 and 2015, documenting more than 19,974 oil and gas wells in their territory alone, alongside multiple pipelines, resource roads and other industrial disturbances. In her ruling, Burke found that 73 per cent of Blueberry River s traditional territory is within 250 metres of an industrial disturbance and 84 per cent is within 500 metres of an industrial disturbance. The Blueberry River First Nations is alleging that most of its territory has been disrupted by development. These 2015 maps compare industrial activity today to 50 years ago. (Blueberry River First Nations) Further, the ruling concluded that less than 14 per cent of forests in the region had been left intact, and there had been a clear decline in the number of moose, caribou and other wildlife in the region. All of this, Burke concluded, is the result of industrial activity and that it interfered wit ....
Vaughn Palmer: Blueberry River First Nations triumphs in court over B.C. government “The province has taken up lands to such an extent that there are not sufficient and appropriate lands in the Blueberry claim area to allow for Blueberry’s meaningful exercise of their treaty rights. The province has therefore unjustifiably infringed Blueberry’s treaty rights.” Justice Emily Burke Author of the article: Vaughn Palmer Publishing date: Jul 02, 2021 • 6 hours ago • 4 minute read • The B.C. government lost a major Indigenous treaty rights case this week with far-reaching implications for natural gas development and the Site C project. Winning big was the Blueberry River First Nations, whose traditional territory in northeastern B.C. includes the rich-in-natural gas Montney basin. Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNG files ....
Article content VICTORIA The past week has featured three tests of Premier John Horgan’s promise of openness and transparency and his NDP government failed all three. The most telling example was the leak of two internal reports from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, which showed the government has been assembling far more information about the COVID-19 outbreak than it made public. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Vaughn Palmer: NDP fails three tests in a week of its promise of openness Back to video “The internal reports each over 45 pages are four times longer than the weekly reports published by the centre,” as Nathan Griffiths reported in The Vancouver Sun on Friday. “They delve into the details of COVID-19 case counts and vaccinations at the neighbourhood level, breakdowns about variants of concern, and more … a level of detail the centre has so far refused to make public despite ....
Article content VICTORIA The West Moberly First Nations have obtained court-ordered access to much of the material that the New Democrats have withheld from the public on the safety and cost overruns at the troubled Site C project. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Warren Milman made the ruling last week in response to an application from West Moberly and Chief Roland Willson. They sought the information as part of their legal action that tries to halt construction on B.C. Hydro’s Site C dam on grounds that it violates their treaty rights and poses a threat to their traditional territories along the Peace River in northeastern B.C. ....