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Fish lake is a test case for environmental law - WCE Law comment

By Josh Paterson, Lawyer with West Coast Environmental Law Published in rabble.ca August 27, 2010 This mine would permanently destroy an area that is a place of worship for our people, a cultural school for our children, and a bread basket that has fed our people for centuries. - Chief...

Posted by Sue Smitten Friday Aug 27, 2010 10:59
Categories: Fish Lake | Tags: Aboriginal, British Columbia, environment, First Nations, fish, indigenous, lakes, law, mining, Prosperity, science, tailings pond, Taseko, Tsilhqot'in, water, Xeni Gwet'in
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An Interview with Petr Komers - Part Five in Max's Blog Series on the Tar Sands

Talking with Petr Komers - The Inside Scoop on Environmental Impact Assessments and How First Nations Interests Are Not Really On The Table Introduction The world of professional ecological management has become increasingly complex of late -- some would say deliberately so because it forces...

Posted by Max Ritts Tuesday Aug 24, 2010 15:05
Categories: Beaver Lake Cree, Environment , Max Ritts | Tags: Alberta, climate, environment, First Nations, indigenous, Max Ritts, oil sands, tar sands
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'Prosperity' Mine

Originally posted on the CCPA Policy Notes website. July 30th, 2010 So there I was in Durham near Newcastle, enjoying a pint in a very historic and charming little pub called the Dun Cow (where do the Brits come up with these names). I was looking at some old photos of hard working folks...

Posted by Marvin Shaffer Tuesday Aug 03, 2010 11:06
Categories: Fish Lake | Tags: Aboriginal, British Columbia, environment, First Nations, fish, indigenous, lakes, mining, Prosperity, Taseko, Tsilhqot'in, water
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Open Letter to Prime Minister Harper from Tsilhqot'in National Government Chiefs

July 26, 2010 An Open Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper From: Tsilhqot’in National Government Chiefs Overcoming Taseko’s Glass House Projections for Prosperity In the weeks since the federally appointed CEAA Panel issued its report on the Prosperity Mine, we are buoyed...

Posted by Crystal Verhaeghe, TNG Executive Director Wednesday Jul 28, 2010 11:19
Categories: Fish Lake | Tags: environment, First Nations, fish, indigenous, lakes, mining, water
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Rant Number One: Billboards, Image Fatigue and the Via Activa

I want to offer some thoughts on all the hullaballoo surrounding the billboards. I’m referring, of course, to the latest salvo in the ongoing PR war associated with the oil sands, this one courtesy the good folks at Corporate Ethics, a San Francisco- based lobby group headed up by Michael...

Posted by Max Ritts Wednesday Jul 28, 2010 10:21
Categories: Beaver Lake Cree, Max Ritts | Tags: billboards, environment, First Nations, indigenous, oil sands, tar sands
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Open Letter to Richard Harris, MP Cariboo Chilcotin

July 25, 2010 Editor, Williams Lake Tribune An Open Letter to Richard Harris, MP Cariboo Chilcotin Dear Sir: It was with profound disappointment that I read in the July 20 edition of The Tribune the headline “Harris ‘Doing Everything’ To See Prosperity...

Posted by Douglas Myers Monday Jul 26, 2010 12:45
Categories: Fish Lake | Tags: environment, First Nations, fish, lakes, water
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Talking with Nicholas Blomley - Part Three in Max's Blog Series

Law so often appears as an abstract discourse, the domain of lawyers and technocrats, a world we enter only if some specific grievance or complaint forces us to. But as Nicholas Blomley, a professor of Geography at Simon Fraser University, reminds us, law is deeply woven into the spaces of...

Posted by Max Ritts Monday Jul 19, 2010 13:49
Categories: Beaver Lake Cree, Max Ritts | Tags: environment, First Nations, indigenous, Max Ritts, oil sands, science, tar sands
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Open letter to PM Harper and Env. Minister Jim Prentice re Socio-Economic Costs and Benefits of Proposed Prosperity Mine

July 16, 2010 Open Letter to the Honourable James Prentice, Minister of the Environment, and the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada RE: Socio-economic Costs and Benefits of Proposed Prosperity Mine I write urging you to accept the findings of the Federal Panel...

Posted by Joan Kuyek Friday Jul 16, 2010 11:34
Categories: Fish Lake | Tags: environment, First Nations, fish, indigenous, lakes, mining, Prosperity, Taseko, water
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Letter from Chief Marilyn Baptiste, Xeni Gwet'in First Nation in response to Justine Hunter's article for G&M

A sinking feeling Why is B.C. Mining Minister Bill Bennett so determined to insult by stating that Teztan Biny (Fish Lake), which is sacred to our people, is a “tiny little pothole” and “shallow mucky lake” (Trout Above B.C. Gold Deposit Proving To Be Fine Kettle Of Fish...

Posted by Marilyn Baptiste, Chief Xeni Gwet'in First Nation Monday Jul 12, 2010 12:34
Categories: Fish Lake | Tags: environment, First Nations, fish, indigenous, lakes, mining, Prosperity, Taseko
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A Retort to Globe & Mail re proposed mine at Teztan Biny (Fish Lake)

July 6, 2010 Editor Globe and Mail Dear Editor, The article from July 3rd, regarding the issue of a proposed mine at Teztan Biny (Fish Lake) in BC’s Chilcotin region bypassed the most important aspects of the story. The proposed mine would not only reduce the current fish...

Posted by Jonaki Bhattacharyya Tuesday Jul 06, 2010 14:07
Categories: Fish Lake | Tags: environment, First Nations, fish, indigenous, lakes, mining, Prosperity, water
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