In B.C., more than 100 per cent of the province is currently under claim.
aboriginal land claims
February 9, 2016
1:19PM
Recent data demonstrates the negative impacts if treaties and agreements are not upheld.
January 29, 2016
2:42PM
The muddy waters of aboriginal land claims and private property rights in British Columbia may have just cleared a little.
November 23, 2015
12:32PM
On Nov. 16, the Tsawwassen First Nation announced its interest in building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on Tsawwassen reserve land, south of Vancouver.
October 7, 2015
12:11PM
The past year has seen a lot of Canadians paying attention to aboriginal land rights.
September 24, 2015
2:30AM
September 21, 2015
2:01PM
A small community in northern British Columbia rejected a billion dollar LNG deal and recently announced it's seeking aboriginal title on land slated for a $36 billion LNG project.
May 21, 2015
9:00AM
Last summer, I wrote that the Supreme Court’s Tsilhqot’in decision, which for the first time granted Aboriginal title outside an Indian reserve, was going to be a real game changer and would “increase uncertainty in Canada’s natural resource sectors in areas lacking treaties with First Nations.”
February 6, 2015
9:30AM
More than 10,700 British Columbians were employed in the mining sector in 2013 with an average salary and benefits totalling $114,600. That same year, the mining industry contributed $511 million in revenues to the B.C. government. However, the industry faces an uncertain future.