Climate Emergency

B.C. Indigenous leaders call for emergency closure of Fraser River fishery, saying stocks have collapsed

Fisheries and Oceans Canada has projected a record low for this year's returns

First Nations groups in British Columbia are calling on the federal fisheries minister to issue an emergency order to close all sockeye fisheries on the Fraser River.

A joint news release of the three groups that make up the First Nations Leadership Council says Bernadette Jordan should also declare the stock collapsed while their groups come together to create a strategy to save the fish.

First Nations Leadership Council calling for halt on changes to B.C.'s Clean Energy Act

CHILLIWACK (NEWS1130) – The First Nations Leadership Council is the latest to register its opposition to pending changes to the province’s Clean Energy Act.

Bill 17 proposes to remove energy self-sufficiency from the act’s key mandates, essentially making it easier for BC Hydro to buy power from the U.S.

Currently, BC Hydro purchases power from about 120 Independent Power Producers, or IPPs. About 80 of the province’s IPPs are fully or partially owned by First Nations. Power is produced by mini-dams –referred to as run-of-river– as well as biomass, and wind projects.

Big Oil Leaders Should Stop Trying to Push Back Indigenous Rights

Under cover of COVID-19, they’ve asked to delay federal UNDRIP law. We won’t be shoved aside.

by Terry Teegee, Regional Chief of the BC Assembly of First Nations

The emergence of COVID-19 has meant serious changes for all communities around the world. First Nations communities in B.C. are no different. The communities I represent are bracing for the possibility or are already dealing directly with the harmful implications of the coronavirus.