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Northern BC

B.C. First Nations could be awarded millions for Canada's 65-year-old mistake

Federal government botched land purchase for two BC First Nations in 1950 when it unknowingly failed to secure the rights to underground oil and gas reserves.

NDP introduces bill to ban oil tankers from northern B.C. coast

NDP MP Nathan Cullen introduced a bill designed to stop the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, a 1,100 kilometre pipeline proposal that would carry 535,000 barrels of diluted bitumen across British...

The Vancouver Observer to release e-book on Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline

This summer, The Vancouver Observer is launching a comprehensive e-book on the oil sands and the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project. The controversial pipeline – which would cut...

National Geographic explorer Wade Davis on Enbridge, First Nations and mining

Speaking out on the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline and mining near his home, the author of Sacred Headwaters spoke with VO on nature, industry and First Nations.