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NWT, Alberta chiefs sign declaration against pipeline
Chiefs from Alberta and the Northwest Territories signed a declaration in Edmonton Friday which opposes the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline.  Enbridge Pipeline5/22/2012
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Mistrust, Frustration Deepen as Police Spying on Pipeline Critics Comes to Light
(Canada) -- Aboriginal leaders are outraged after secret documents revealed that police have been keeping tabs on critics of Enbridge Corp.’s Northern Gateway...
5/16/2012
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Enbridge plans reversal of oil pipeline to supply central Canada
(Canada) -- Enbridge is planning to reverse the flow of a key oil pipeline to boost the supply of Western Canadian oil to markets in Ontario and Quebec. Line 9 currently...
5/15/2012
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Hereditary Chief Arrest Decision to be Set for a Later Date
(British Columbia) -- The ongoing dispute for the Gitxsan First Nation for more than five months is now in the Hand of a BC Supreme court judge.
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RCMP allows Gitxsan to continue illegal blockade
(British Columbia) -- A blockade by members of the Gitxsan First Nation in Old Hazleton, B.C., has entered its sixth month and band members have no intention of backing...
5/14/2012
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Stalemate continues at Gitxsan treaty office
(British Columbia) -- They claim the Gitxsan Treaty Society is illegal and have not let anybody inside the building since last December. This is despite an injunction...
5/13/2012
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Walkom: Northern Gateway pipeline faces ‘unbreakable’ wall
(British Columbia) -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper may have the legislative muscle to ram his controversial oilsands pipeline through Parliament.
5/11/2012
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B.C. judge at wits’ end, compares Gitxsan protests to Caledonia
(British Columbia) -- Rarely has a judge been as blunt and outspoken in his condemnation of police and government and their reluctance to enforce the rule of law in this...
5/9/2012
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Enbridge AGM: Pipeline protest drums pits pipelines against land, water
(British Columbia) -- The proposed Northern Gateway pipeline appears locked on a collision course, as First Nations chiefs put Enbridge officials on notice again that...
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First Nations to Enbridge: 'The war is on,' decry pipeline 'time bomb'
(Toronto) -- Scores of West Coast First Nations and supporters ended a colourful and noisy protest against a proposed Enbridge oil pipeline Wednesday with a declaration...
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RCMP spied on B.C. natives protesting pipeline plan, documents show
(British Columbia) -- The RCMP has been spying on a group of British Columbia First Nations whose vocal opposition to Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline has...
5/7/2012
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Anti-pipeline Freedom Train chugs to Toronto
(Toronto) -- The Freedom Train recently arrived in Winnipeg. The coalition of First Nations groups from British Columbia is travelling across Canada by rail in protest...
5/3/2012
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B.C. pipeline protest finds support in Saskatoon
(Saskatchewan) -- About 100 people showed up in Saskatoon to show their support for a B.C. First Nation which is sending a delegation, by train, to Toronto to protest a...
4/30/2012
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Enbridge pipeline gets thumbs-down from B.C. NDP
(British Columbia) -- B.C.’s New Democrats have formally registered opposition to Enbridge's controversial proposal to build a pipeline from the Alberta...
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‘Freedom Train’ Protesting Northern Gateway Pipeline Crossing Canada
(Canada) -- As hearings continue on the Northern Gateway pipeline that would bring oil to the Pacific coast from the Alberta oil sands, a lack of trust hangs heavy in...
4/29/2012
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First Nations resist Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline with cross-Canada Freedom Train
(British Columbia) -- British Columbia's Yinka Dene Alliance will embark on a nationwide "Freedom Train" journey on Monday to defend First Nations laws...
4/16/2012
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Hundreds rally in Victoria against proposed Northern Gateway pipeline
(British Columbia) -- Leila Darwish says too many communities will be destroyed should the proposal for a $5.5-billion oil pipeline between Alberta’s oilsands and...
4/8/2012
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Analysis: Enbridge's Gateway pipeline still in legal swamp
(Calgary) -- A Canadian government attempt to speed up construction of Enbridge Inc's Northern Gateway oil pipeline to the West Coast is unlikely to prevent a flood...
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Despite promises that pipeline won't be "fast-tracked," aboriginals consider lawsuit
(Canada) -- The federal government's decision to put a cap on how long environmental assessment hearings can drag on isn't expected to affect the Northern...
4/7/2012
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Gateway pipeline: Anglican bishops fear ‘rubber stamp’
(Canada) -- It’s not often that six Anglican bishops get together to agree on something, as displayed by the long theological war within Anglicanism over whether...
4/6/2012
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Bishops say Northern Gateway pipeline hearings must be fair
(Canada) -- Anglican bishops in B.C. and the Yukon are calling on the Northern Gateway pipeline hearings to demonstrate integrity, fairness and freedom from political...
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Northern Gateway pipeline joint review loses First Nations tribe
(British Columbia) -- The Nuxalk First Nation of Bella Coola have withdrawn as interveners from the joint review process for Enbridge Inc.’s controversial Northern...
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Cheyenne River Welcomes Worldwide Participants to Anti-Pipeline Hunger Strike
(South Dakota) -- Cheyenne River Indian Reservation was recently the site of a two-day hunger strike, lasting from the evening of April 1 to the evening of April 3.
4/5/2012
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Pipeline review process hits another snag as second native band pulls out
(British Columbia) -- The federal review of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline has hit another setback this week after a coastal first nation community withdrew from...
4/3/2012
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Protesters force cancellation of first day of Northern Gateway hearings in Bella Bella
(British Columbia) -- Hearings on the Northern Gateway pipeline were expected to resume this week, with four days scheduled in the community of Bella Bella, British...
4/2/2012
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Bella Bella first nations council tries to get Enbridge's Northern Gateway hearing back on track
(British Columbia) -- Members of the Heiltsuk First Nation began negotiating with the review panel this morning in Bella Bella to try to get the scheduled hearings on...
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Environmentalists differ sharply on pipeline proposal
(British Columbia) -- As e-mail chains go, the one making the rounds on the environmental circuit this week came weighted with pedigree.
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First nations school protests Northern Gateway pipeline
(British Columbia) -- Public hearings on the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline resume on Monday in the coastal community of Bella Bella, where the federal review panel...
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Gateway hearing cancelled after protesters greet panel
(British Columbia) -- A public hearing for the Northern Gateway Project has been unexpectedly cancelled after panel members were met by protesters at the Bella Bella...
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Northern Gateway needs first nation consent, says Atleo
(British Columbia) -- Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo tells the Globe's Oliver Moore that first nations have the right to free, prior and...
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Pipeline review set to resume in Bella Bella after first nations protest
(British Columbia) -- The federal review of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline is set to resume Tuesday after the hearings were abruptly cancelled on the heels of a...
3/26/2012
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Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline targeted by over 2,000 protesters
(Vancouver) -- Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline protesters gathered for speeches from First Nations and environmentalists like 350.org's Bill McKibben, before...
3/14/2012
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Ottawa Blasts ‘Radicals,’ Blames ‘Foreign Interests’ for Northern Gateway Opposition
(Ottawa) -- As hearings continue over the Northern Gateway pipeline, the Canadian government is accusing its opponents of being beholden to foreign influence.
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Gitxsan Treaty Society say Judge Confirmed They Are Legal
(Canada) -- The Gitxsan Treaty Society or GTS has stated that the a BC Supreme Court judge has confirmed the GTS may attend to the necessary work they need to do and...
3/13/2012
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Decrying federal ‘bully tactics,’ B.C. natives vow to block pipeline
(British Columbia) -- Ottawa is headed for a legal showdown with British Columbia first nations if it insists on proceeding with the Northern Gateway pipeline, the...
3/11/2012
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Canadian Government Targeting Opponents of New Oil Sands Pipeline
(Canada) -- Environmental groups in Canada say they are now operating within a culture of fear aimed at silencing legitimate democratic dissent.
3/3/2012
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Enbridge Pipeline: First Nation Says An Oil Spill Is Inevitable And Would Wipe-Out Their Food Supply and Way of Life
(British Columbia) -- The Gitga'at Nation of Hartley Bay says an oil spill is inevitable if the Enbridge Northern Gateway oil tankers and pipeline project is ever...
3/1/2012
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Aboriginal Affairs turns over part of its consulting role to pipeline company
(Edmonton) -- Long before a public hearing began this year into a controversial pipeline proposed to carry Alberta oil to the B.C. coast, Indian Affairs and Northern...
2/29/2012
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Perils threatening the Northern Gateway pipeline
(Canada) -- The Northern Gateway pipeline project is ambitious enough that it is routinely compared to nation-building exercises like the construction of the Canadian...
2/25/2012
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Enbridge Complaint to United Nations: First Nations File Complaint That Harper Government Racism on Pipelines Violates International Law
(Geneva) -- The Yinka Dene Alliance has filed a complaint and sent a representative to the United Nations in Geneva about the Harper government's stated intention to...
2/23/2012
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48% support for northern B.C. pipeline, says poll
(British Columbia) -- Near half of British Columbians support plans for a pipeline to transport crude oil from Alberta to the West Coast port of Kitimat for shipping, a...
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Northern pipeline plan too risky, report says
(Canada) -- A pipeline that would move heavy bitumen to the northern British Columbia coast from Alberta's oilsands carries unacceptable risks, Canadian and American...
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Transport Canada OK's Northern Gateway supertankers
(British Columbia) -- Transport Canada has "no regulatory concerns" with Enbridge's proposed marine operations for the Northern Gateway pipeline, clearing...
2/21/2012
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COLUMN: First nations don’t have a pipeline veto, but they do have options
(Canada) -- The Conservative government has shown that it favours Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline to carry bitumen from Alberta’s oil sands to...
2/20/2012
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Canada revs up for fight over second tar sands oil pipeline
(Canada) -- The prime minister is talking about being "held hostage" by U.S. interests. Radio ads blare, "Stand up to this foreign bully." A Twitter...
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Over 1,000 people turn out in Prince Rupert to protest Enbridge pipeline
(British Columbia) -- First Nations and residents of a community on British Columbia's North Coast are protesting a proposed pipeline which would carry crude oil...
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Pipeline opposition says intervenors 'muzzled' at Enbridge hearings in Prince Rupert
(British Columbia) -- The Joint Review Panel hearings in Prince Rupert on the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline are over, and many are feeling disillusioned...
2/18/2012
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B.C. First Nation leaders call for resignation of oil pipeline negotiators
(British Columbia) -- Leaders of a northern British Columbia First Nation opposed to an ownership partnership with Enbridge on the controversial $5.5-billion Northern...
2/16/2012
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B.C. energy minister slams local council over opposition to Enbridge pipeline
(British Columbia) -- B.C. Energy Minister Rich Coleman has criticized Terrace city council for its decision to oppose the $5.5-billion Northern Gateway oil pipeline.
2/14/2012
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Enbridge offered B.C. first nations cash to study pipeline
(British Columbia) -- An aboriginal organization leading the fight to prevent oil tankers on the British Columbia coast once took money from Enbridge Inc., the company...
2/11/2012
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Canada PM vows to ensure key oil pipeline is built
(China) -- Canada's prime minister on Friday made his strongest comments yet in support of a proposed pipeline from oil-rich Alberta to the Pacific coast, saying his...
2/10/2012
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Alta. MP wants law to block foreign funding of environmentalists
(Ottawa) -- A Conservative MP on Thursday called for federal legislation that would both block foreign funding of the “radical” Canadian environmental...
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Enbridge won't negotiate with first nations
(Canada) -- Oil giant Enbridge says it will not offer better financial terms to aboriginal bands standing in the way of a major oil pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific...
2/8/2012
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Alberta seeks way to pay for B.C. support of pipeline
(Alberta) -- The Alberta government is looking to clear a path for the oil sands through British Columbia by upping the economic benefits for its western neighbour...
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Enbridge won't offer natives better terms
(Canada) -- Canada’s Enbridge Inc (ENB.TO) will not offer better financial terms to aboriginal bands standing in the way of a major oil pipeline from energy-rich...
2/6/2012
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Native Sun News: First Nations demand role in pipeline project
(British Columbia) -- Testimony in the tar-sands crude-oil capital of Edmonton, Alberta, Jan. 24-31, brought to light First Nations’ concerns about the Enbridge...
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Two thousand protest Enbridge oilsands pipeline in Prince Rupert
(British Columbia) -- The Prince Rupert police estimate that 2,000 people protested against the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline in Prince Rupert yesterday, in a rally...
2/5/2012
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Hundreds rally against Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline
(British Columbia) -- More than 600 protesters have taken to the streets of Prince Rupert, B.C., to oppose Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline from Alberta...
2/4/2012
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First Nations in Alberta & NWT Sign Save the Fraser Declaration Opposing the Proposed Enbridge Pipeline and Tankers Project
(Alberta) -- This afternoon, First Nations from Alberta & the Northwest Territories added their names and support to a formal declaration opposing the Enbridge...
2/2/2012
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Northern Gateway would hurt economy, study says
(Canada) -- A study endorsed by opponents of the Northern Gateway pipeline proposed by Calgary-based Enbridge says it would cause an oil "price shock" to...
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Reverse Enbridge oil pipeline, urge Suncor, union
(Canada) -- The idea of more Western Canadian oil flowing east found backing from Canada's biggest energy company and one of the country's largest unions at the...
1/31/2012
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NWT, Alberta chiefs sign declaration against pipeline
(Alberta) -- Chiefs from Alberta and the Northwest Territories signed a declaration in Edmonton Friday which opposes the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline.
1/30/2012
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Harper avoids questions on initiating Crown-First Nations talks on Enbridge pipeline
(Ottawa) -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper sidestepped questions Monday on whether the federal government plans to directly engage with the dozens of First Nations that...
1/29/2012
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Alberta aboriginals face dilemmas over Gateway pipeline proposal
(Edmonton) -- At a west Edmonton hotel last week, Cree elders, chiefs and young people invited Enbridge lawyers and members of the government-appointed panel weighing...
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Alberta aboriginals face dilemmas over pipeline
(Alberta) -- At a west Edmonton hotel last week, Cree elders, chiefs and youth invited Enbridge lawyers and members of the government-appointed panel weighing the pros...
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Atleo says Enbridge requires 'consent' of First Nations for Northern Gateway
(British Columbia) -- The world received two blunt messages this week on Enbridge Inc.'s proposed $5.5-billion oilsands pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia...
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Experts doubt First Nations could stop pipeline
(Edmonton) -- The world received two blunt messages this week on Enbridge Inc.'s proposed $5.5-billion Northern Gateway pipeline from Alberta to B.C.'s northern...
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Pipeline will not cross Dene Nations land, elders vow
(Edmonton) -- The Northern Gateway pipeline will never be built on their land, said the Dene First Nations. “We will be the wall that Enbridge cannot break through...
1/27/2012
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“Baker Twins” oppose pipeline
(California) -- Hearings for Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline are taking place in Edmonton this week. Several First Nations along the proposed route are...
1/26/2012
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Harper government plays down oil sands document
(Canada) -- The federal government disassociated itself on Thursday from an embarrassing official policy paper that said the country’s independent energy regulator...
1/25/2012
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Northern Gateway panel hears from Albertans opposed to pipeline
(Alberta) -- Television trucks, placards and cameras – Derwayne Buffalo isn’t used to this sort of thing. He’s no environmental activist or lifelong...
1/24/2012
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Aboriginal group wants preferential hiring if Gateway pipeline approved
(Edmonton) -- The lead community-industry liaison for the Enoch Cree First Nation finds herself in a bit of a “bind” when it comes to the controversial...
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Brothers ask Enbridge to listen
(British Columbia) -- It was a tale of two provinces at the National Energy Board hearings Tuesday -- and of two brothers. In B.C., the pipeline generated heated protest...
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Environmentalists, aboriginals won't stop pipeline: minister
(Canada) -- The oil industry's "nation-building" attempt to link Canada's vast oilsands resources to Asian markets can't be stopped by protesters...
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Gateway pipeline hearings land in Edmonton
(Edmonton) -- The Northern Gateway pipeline hearing landed Tuesday in Edmonton, the capital of the province relying on the project to open new markets for its vast...
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Whistleblower Claims Prime Minister's Office Tried to Silence Enbridge Gateway Pipeline Critic
(British Columbia) -- The Prime Minister's Office tried to cut funding of a registered intervenor in the Enbridge Pipeline Review, calling ForestEthics Canada an,...
1/22/2012
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Enbridge subsidiary pays Mohawk council $1 million for pipeline right of way
(Ontario) -- The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, a First Nation community in eastern Ontario near the U.S. border, officially recognized a $1-million payment on Friday from...
1/20/2012
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B.C. First Nation rescinds earlier support for Northern Gateway deal
(Ottawa) -- An agreement struck by Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. last month, which was supposed to prove to Canadians that there is aboriginal support for the $5.5 billion...
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Gitxsan reject Enbridge deal on pipeline
(British Columbia) -- Gitxsan hereditary chiefs have rejected a deal signed by one of their negotiators with Enbridge over the energy firm’s proposed Northern...
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Joint Review Panel: Haisla send clear message
(Canada) -- The near two-year road to a Joint Review Panel recommendation on the Northern Gateway pipeline project began last Tuesday at the Haisla Recreation Centre in...
1/18/2012
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B.C. First Nation cancels pipeline deal with Enbridge
(British Columbia) -- British Columbia’s Gitxsan Nation has rescinded its agreement with Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline. The profit-sharing deal with...
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Enbridge Community Hearing Today in Prince George
(British Columbia) -- It's Prince George's turn tonight to host the National Energy Board's Joint Review Panel as it continues hearings into Enbridge's...
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Enbridge pipeline deal with B.C. First Nation collapses
(British Columbia) -- Enbridge, the company behind the controversial Northern Gateway Pipeline project, is conceding that an agreement with a B.C. First Nation has...
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Keystone decision puts more pressure on Northern Gateway proposal
(Alberta) -- The delay on the Keystone XL pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast has renewed calls to make the Northern Gateway pipeline from Alberta’s oilsands to the B.C....
1/17/2012
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No oil pipeline here: Enbridge Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel in Smithers finds 100% opposition
(British Columbia) -- It’s unanimous: all of the interveners who gave testimony to the Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel in Smithers oppose the Enbridge Northern...
1/16/2012
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Lone B.C. chief backs Enbridge pipeline to bring in more jobs
(British Columbia) -- His office door is nailed shut. A 24-hour volunteer watch by area residents has been on guard for his return since Dec. 5. Posters showing his face...
1/15/2012
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Aboriginal Leaders Angered by Outright Government Support of Northern Gateway Pipeline
(British Columbia) -- Aboriginal leaders from around the country came down on Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver this week for...
1/13/2012
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'Don't make our people collateral damage:' Haisla chiefs on pipeline
(British Columbia) -- Aboriginal chiefs say the Northern Gateway project puts their people in the crosshairs of possible disaster and they must put threats to their...
1/12/2012
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Aboriginal groups opposing Gateway got $16M funding
(Ottawa) -- B.C. aboriginal groups opposed to the Northern Gateway pipeline proposal have received almost $16 million in funding between 2008 and 2010 from Coast...
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Enbridge reports leak from U.S. pipeline as Northern Gateway hearings begin
(British Columbia) -- Canadian pipeline builder Enbridge reported a leak from one of its pipelines on the day public hearings began into the company’s planned...
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Pipeline hearings move on, aboriginal blockade stays
(British Columbia) -- Gilbert Johnson proudly pounds his fist against the piece of plywood he nailed over the doors of the Gitxsan Treaty Society Office last month....
1/11/2012
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As review begins for Gateway pipeline, a warning from wary first nations
(British Columbia) -- Not far from the dark waters that could one day carry supertankers of oil-sands crude to the Pacific Ocean, the pitched battle over the Northern...
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B.C. Finance Minister breaks ranks to bash pipeline critics
(British Columbia) -- B.C. Finance Minister Kevin Falcon went off script this week, deviating from his government’s carefully neutral stand on the proposed...
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Enbridge Review: First Nations Accuse Harper Government of Flouting Its Own Laws by Predetermining Outcome of Pipeline Review
(British Columbia) -- The Yinka Dene Alliance, a group of five First Nations who are leading opponents of the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project, are...
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Northern Gateway pipeline: benefits vs. concerns
(British Columbia) -- The Northern Gateway project is a proposal by Canadian oil and gas company Enbridge to build two pipelines stretching 1,177-km between the Alberta...
1/10/2012
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Chiefs say Northern Gateway pipeline is a ‘double-barrelled shotgun’ of risk
(British Columbia) -- An aboriginal chief says the Northern Gateway project puts his people in the crosshairs of possible disaster and that they must put their homes and...
12/27/2011
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Gitxsan First Nation demands pipeline supporters leave their jobs
(British Columbia) -- Gitxsan protesters opposed to the $5.5-billion pipeline from Alberta to the port of Kitimat, B.C., celebrated Christmas on the picket line with a...
12/22/2011
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Gitxsan chiefs put decision to shut down GTS in writing
(British Columbia) -- A group of Gitxsan hereditary chiefs say preliminary results from an online poll show 90 per cent of Gitxsan people are against the proposed...
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Two-thirds of Gitxsan chiefs oppose Northern Gateway pipeline
(British Columbia) -- Gitxsan opponents of a partnership deal with Enbridge on the controversial $5.5-billion Northern Gateway pipeline say they have the signed sup-port...
12/19/2011
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First Nations could stall Northern Gateway: Aboriginal Affairs
(British Columbia) -- Enbridge Inc.’s plans for the “Northern Gateway” pipeline may be delayed by legal challenges by aboriginal groups, the federal...
12/15/2011
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Blocking pipelines to B.C. would entail loss of billions: study
(British Columbia) -- Canada will forgo billions of dollars in gross domestic product and government revenue if oil companies are unable to access markets off the...
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Enbridge’s growing dividend a pipeline to profits
(Canada) -- Scan the top holdings of dividend funds, and its name pops up over and over: Enbridge Inc. (ENB-T36.240.120.33%) has become a core holding for Canadian...
12/13/2011
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Gitxsan accuse Enbridge of trying to divide and conquer their people
(British Columbia) -- First Nations in British Columbia have expressed publicly they are against Enbridge’s $5.5 billion proposed Northern Gateway pipeline.
12/12/2011
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Blockade Continues at Gitxsan Treaty Office
(British Columbia) -- The turmoil within the Gitxsan First Nation continues as protestors of a deal with Enbridge are refusing to leave the Hazelton office, despite a...
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RCMP staying out of Gitxsan dispute
(British Columbia) -- RCMP say they have no intention of serving a court injunction to remove a blockade of the Gitxsan Treaty Society office in Hazelton, at least for...
12/7/2011
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Gitxaala Nation Opposed to Northern Gateway Pipelines Project
(British Columbia) -- Gitxaala expresses dismay at the approach that Enbridge has taken in its dealings with the Gitxsan in relation to the proposed Northern Gateway...
12/6/2011
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Calls for resignations over controversial Gitxsan deal with Enbridge
(British Columbia) -- Fallout over a contentious deal between the Gitxsan Nation and Enbridge continued Monday, with more voices assailing an agreement that had seemed a...
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Enbridge deal causes dissent among Gitxsan
(British Columbia) -- The proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline deal has caused a major rift, and divided the Gitxsan First Nation in Northern B.C.
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Gitxsan Chiefs Denounce Deal With Enbridge, Say Treaty Office is Closed
(British Columbia) -- Calling it a turning point in Gitxsan history, a group of hereditary chiefs announced the closure of the Gitxsan Treaty Office and the termination...
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Gitxsan chiefs' treaty office taken over in Enbridge pipeline protest
(British Columbia) -- Gitxsan opponents of an ownership deal with Enbridge on the controversial $5.5-billion Northern Gateway oil pipeline have taken over the chiefs...
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Lake Babine Nation demands apology from Gitxsan over pipeline endorsement
(British Columbia) -- First Nations anger over a controversial deal struck between Enbridge Inc. and the Gitxsan Treaty Office (GTO) grew on Monday with a neighbouring...
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Protesters won't derail Gateway pipeline: Oliver
(Canada) -- The oil industry's "nation-building" attempt to link Canada's vast oilsands resources to Asian markets can't be stopped by protesters...
12/5/2011
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Aboriginal rivalry over Canadian pipeline
(British Columbia) -- Officials at energy company Enbridge said they spoke with the right people in Canada's aboriginal community regarding an oil pipeline despite...
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Elmer Derrick: The Inside Man on Enbridge
(British Columbia) -- The heated debate playing out in the BC media over the past few days regarding the now-disputed deal announced this past Friday between Enbridge...
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Enbridge deal Gitxsan signed not unanimous, band members say
(British Columbia) -- Fallout over a contentious deal between the Gitxsan Nation and Enbridge continued Monday, with more voices assailing an agreement that had seemed a...
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First Nations deny pipeline deal
(British Columbia) -- Chiefs of a Northern B.C. first nation say they are "in shock" and "embarrassed" following an announcement by Enbridge...
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Gitxsan Treaty Society Supports Enbridge, Gitxsan Community Opposes Pipeline
(British Columbia) -- On Friday, December 2nd, Gitxsan Hereditary Chief Elmer Derrick and Enbridge Executive Vice President Janet Holder publicly signed an equity...
12/4/2011
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Gitxsan people outraged with the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Agreement
(British Columbia) -- Contrary to the announcement of Elmer Derrick of today’s date, the representatives of the Plaintiffs to the British Columbia Supreme Court...
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Opposition growing to Northern Gateway pipeline
(British Columbia) -- Chief Martin Louie, of the Nadleh Whut'en First Nation, looks on during a signing ceremony of a declaration opposing a crude oil pipeline and...
12/3/2011
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Cullen shocked at Gitxsan announcement
(British Columbia) -- Shock, upset, confusion and disbelief... is how Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen is describing the announcement that the Gitxsan Nation is in...
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Gitxsan First Nation take ownership stake in Northern Gateway pipeline project
(British Columbia) -- Enbridge Inc.’s embattled Northern Gateway pipeline proposal found an island of first-nations support in a sea of opposition to the $5.5-...
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Natives to oppose West Coast oil pipelines
(British Columbia) -- Aboriginal groups in the Canadian Pacific province of British Columbia said on Thursday they had formed a united front to oppose all exports of...
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Tribe gives support to Enbridge line
(British Columbia) -- The Gitxsan tribe is the first Aboriginal group to give its blessing to the Northern Gateway oil pipeline, a project strongly opposed by many other...
12/2/2011
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B.C. First Nation backs Northern Gateway pipeline
(British Columbia) -- A B.C. First Nation has announced it's backing the Northern Gateway pipeline project to ship oilsands crude to the West Coast, despite fierce...
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Enbridge Says Gitxsan Tribe Near Kitimat To Support B.C. Oil Pipeline
(British Columbia) -- Enbridge Inc. (ENB) has gained support from the Gitxsan native tribe in British Columbia for its Northern Gateway oil pipeline project, a spokesman...
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First nations claim alliance is barrier that pipelines won’t break
(British Columbia) -- As government and the oil industry increase their focus on British Columbia’s coast to build pipelines and tanker terminals to expand Canada...
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First Nations coalition vows to oppose Enbridge pipeline project
(British Columbia) -- A large coalition of B.C. First Nations has formed a united front against all pipeline and oil tanker expansion through their territories, vowing...
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First nations renew vow to physically block pipeline construction
(British Columbia) -- B.C.’s First Nations say they've reached a turning point in their fight against oil pipelines being built on their land. "I'm...
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Gitxsan Have a Deal with Enbridge
(British Columbia) -- The controversial Northern Gateway Pipeline has received support from one of the First Nations which would see the proposed twin pipeline cross...
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Tribe gives support to Enbridge line
(British Columbia) -- A tribe in British Columbia has given its support to Enbridge in the company’s effort to build a pipeline from Canada’s oil sands to...
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