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No amount of money could replace loss: A letter by Chief Marilyn Baptiste
Written to Williams Lake Tribune: Published: May 01, 2012 7:00 AM
Editor:
When it comes to life — all life — it is water and land that sustain all, no matter who you are.
This is central to the Tsilhqot’in people’s position that there can be no give and take when it...Posted by Sue Smitten Tuesday May 01, 2012 11:19
Categories: Environment , Fish Lake, Taseko , Teztan Biny | Tags: Aboriginal, British Columbia, Chief Marilyn Baptiste, environment, First Nations, fish, gold, indigenous, mining, Peter Kent, Prosperity, Taseko, Tsilhqot'in, water, Xeni Gwet'in
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Comments from an ecologist’s perspective on the ruling of Madam Justice B. A. Browne
Comments from an ecologist’s perspective on the ruling of Madam Justice B. A. Browne, Alberta Court of Queens Bench, March 28, 2012 re Canada and Alberta vs Beaver Lake Cree Nation.
Josef Kuhn MSc, RPBio, April, 2012.
• Justice Browne has made a significant contribution to the...Posted by Josef Kuhn Monday Apr 16, 2012 16:14
Categories: Beaver Lake Cree, Environment | Tags: Aboriginal, Alberta, Beaver Lake Cree, court, environment, First Nations, law, oil sands, tailings pond, tar sands
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Marseille France World Water Forum /Alternative Water Forum, March 12-17, 2012: Blaine Grinder's Report
With over two weeks to reflect on the World Water Forum in France it has become apparent that Canada was the country that pushed to have language that explicitly affirmed the United Nations recognized right to water and sanitation removed from the Ministerial Declaration of the World Water Forum...Posted by Blaine Grinder Wednesday Apr 04, 2012 11:00
Categories: Environment , Fish Lake, Teztan Biny | Tags: British Columbia, Prosperity, Taseko, Tsilhqot'in, water, World Water Forum, Xeni Gwet'in
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