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Premier Horgan Discusses Guardian Program Goals & Acknowledges Dave Porter
Research Confirms: Indigenous Guardians Deliver Economic, Social & Environmental Success
July 29th 2020 Indigenous Guardian programs deliver proven benefits for First Nations peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians across the country, according to a new report by the University of Victoria Environmental Law Centre and the First Nations Energy and Mining...
FNEMC Releases Report: Using Financial Assurance To Reduce The Risk of Mine Non-Remediation
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FNLC Sends Letter to BC Re: Imperial Metals Giant Copper Mine
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First Nations Energy and Mining Council Releases Tailings Pond Report
First Nations resource tool to assist communities to understand the risks associated with tailings dams in central and northern BC Stresses need for caution, careful planning, consultation to safeguard 48 watersheds Vancouver (Coast Salish Traditional Territory....
B.C. mine tailings ponds pose serious risk to water sources: report
JUSTINE HUNTER VICTORIA — The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Jun. 03, 2015 12:00AM EDT Last updated Wednesday, Jun. 03, 2015 12:00AM EDT Thousands of kilometres of salmon-rich waterways and the drinking water of hundreds of communities in central and Northern...
BC First Nations Energy and Mining Council Calls for Mining Reform
BC First Nations Energy and Mining Council Calls for Mining Reform FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Coast Salish Traditional Territory (North Vancouver). In the wake of the Mount Polley Mine tailings breach in the Shushwap Nation territory, the BC First Nations Energy and Mining...
Landmark Yukon Free-Entry Mining Court Ruling a Serious Wake-up Call for BC
VANCOUVER, Jan. 14, 2013 /CNW/ - The BC government and mining industry have been given a blaring wake-up call in the form of a precedent-setting court ruling against the existing free-entry claims process, says the BC First Nations Energy and Mining Council. The...