Category Archives: Great Bear

News & Info relevant to the areas near the Great Bear Rainforest in BC.

Commentary: Northern Gateway’s dead

Warrior Publications. Oct 6: Northern Gateway’s dead Jeffrey Simpson, Globe and Mail, Friday, Oct. 05 2012 The Northern Gateway pipeline that Enbridge proposes to build from Alberta’s bitumen oil to the Pacific coast of British Columbia is, for all intents … Continue reading

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Terra Informa: Interview with Toghesity on Pacific Trails Pipeline & Wet’suwet’en

Unis’tot’en Action Camp. Sept 3: Wet’suwet’en and the Pacific Trails Pipeline, Peat Moss and Media Independence On this week’s episode, Terra Informa speaks to Toghestiy, hereditary chief of the Likhts’amisyu Clan of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation, about Wet’suwet’en resistance to … Continue reading

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Northern BC: Tahltans Set Up Roadblock To Oppose Red Chris Mine

Intercontinental Cry. Aug 30: Tahltans Set Up Roadblock To Oppose Red Chris Mine Totogga Lake, BC – Concerned members of the Tahltan Nation have set up a road block on Highway #37, 80 km south of Dease Lake, BC at … Continue reading

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Gitxsan: reportback from a summer of unity – John Olson

  Gitxsan Unity Movement. Aug 28: DEFENDING OUR FUTURE It has been a busy summer within the Gitxsan Nation. Our people have been harvesting the salmon and berries of all sorts. The aroma of smoke houses wafting throughout the air … Continue reading

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Reportback #2 from Unis’tot’en Action Camp

Warrior Publications: by Eric Nordal, SocialCoast.org, 15 August 2012 “My name is Eric Nordal. I’m from Victoria, B.C. on unceded Coast Salish Territories. I am here to support the Wet’suwet’en in their struggle to protect these lands from the development of … Continue reading

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Unistoten Action Camp reportback

Vancouver Media Co-Op. Aug 9: Unistoten Action Camp Beginning on August 5th, the Unistoten, a clan of the Wet’suwet’en Nation, have established a checkpoint located on the bridge over the Morice River. The checkpoint is in the path of the … Continue reading

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Vancouver BC: new files reveal RCMP/CSEC spying on First Nations

Vancouver Media Co-op. July 25: New Files Arrived – How CSE claims to protect privacy, and more Aboriginal Spying I just got back from Portland, and I had a series of ATIP reponses waiting for me. I had three CDs … Continue reading

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Cascadian Caravan Presentations for the Unis’tot’en Action Camp [locations/dates vary]

via Autonomy Cascadia: Today Eugene: https://www.facebook.com/events/246809365433937/ Tomorrow Bend: https://www.facebook.com/events/385588124827773/ 27th Portland: https://www.facebook.com/events/404906102880286 29th Portland: https://www.facebook.com/events/266185723483595/ Oly: https://www.facebook.com/events/115993628542439 Seattle: https://www.facebook.com/events/332869516795968 Bellingham: https://www.facebook.com/events/412439992139611/ Vancouver: https://www.facebook.com/events/392297160819720/ Hello my Friends, Tomorrow at 4 pm at the Tin Pan Theater in Bend, OR, you are … Continue reading

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Vancouver: “Oil Gateway” – Pipeline primer video

via subMedia. Sept 16, 2011: Action Camp (Aug 6 – 10)  info: https://greycoast.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/wetsuweten-unistoten-action-camp-invitation-to-indigenous-landwater-defense-aug-6-10/

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Gitxsan: When Push Comes to Shove

via GitxsanUnityMovement. July 11: When Push Comes to Shove The Gitxsan Treaty Society (GTS) has proven themselves disrespectful over and over again. Disrespectful to the High Chiefs of our Nation, by holding meetings excluding the wisdom of said Chiefs. They … Continue reading

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Sliammon Treaty Ratified Amid Total Voting Chaos

via Vancouver Media Co-Op. July 10: Sliammon Treaty Ratified Amid Total Voting Chaos With incomplete voter eligibility guidelines, payments dangling over a “yes” vote and hard questions unanswered, the Final Agreement passed with 57 percent approval Sliammon members who voted … Continue reading

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Powell River BC: Second attempt at historic Sliammon treaty vote

via Vancouver Sun. July 10: Second attempt at historic Sliammon treaty vote gets underway near Powell River Voting is finally underway for the Sliammon First Nation after a court ruling ensured polling stations would remain open. The first attempt came … Continue reading

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A Society Gone Wrong – Gitxsan Against Enbridge

via Gitxsan Against Enbridge Blog. June 26: A Society Gone Wrong By John Olson, Gitxsan Unity Movement June 26, 2012 Gitsegukla, B.C.   The Gitxsan Treaty Society (GTS) had it all set up, a game plan, an agenda they would carry … Continue reading

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Warrior society could help defend against oil spill

from Straight.com. June 28: It’s upsetting that the West Coast Warrior Society has disbanded [“Warrior societies wanted”, June 21-28]. Pacific Trail Pipelines is set to begin bulldozing across central B.C. this fall for their and Enbridge’s proposed pipelines. It’s time … Continue reading

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