Water is Life: Coldwater steps up to protect aquifer
The Legal Battle against Trans Mountain Expansion Project Continues: Coldwater Perseveres to Protect Drinking Water On July 2nd, 2020, our community watched... Read More
First Nations Persevere with a Supreme Court Appeal to Stop TMX
Squamish Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Coldwater Band held a press conference on April 7th, 2020 to announce their appeal of the Federal... Read More
The Fight to Stop TMX is Far From Over
Today, the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed significant Indigenous legal challenges to Trans Mountain: a disappointing decision that vitally affects the First... Read More
Reconciliation or Wreckonciliation? The curse of Indigenous pipeline ownership
Handing out smallpox blankets: the 2020 edition With the price of oil falling drastically and the prospect of reaching new markets in... Read More
A Measure of Integrity: First Nations Respond to the Bitumen Reference Case Decision
Who gets to regulate the flow of bitumen through boundary-traversing pipelines: the province or the federal government? That’s been the question at... Read More
First Nations stand together against Trans Mountain: Federal Court of Appeal begins new round of hearings in Vancouver
It was an emotional day. While the messages were sombre, the feeling was overwhelmingly positive as Nations stood together to have their... Read More
Another barrier to TMX, brought to you by Indigenous Nations
In a victory for the Squamish Nation — and a setback to TMX — on September 17, 2019, B.C.’s Court of Appeal ordered ministers... Read More
Now is the time to Pull Together
On September 3, 2019, the Federal Court of Appeal tossed out all non-Indigenous cases challenging the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion. The good... Read More
The Legal Breakdown of Indigenous Rights and the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project
What you need to know about the legality around Indigenous rights and the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project. On what legal grounds... Read More