On March 7, 2024, British Columbia's Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation announced interim measures in the form of four Orders in Council 1 (OICs). The OICs place restrictions on the ...

The Supreme Court of Canada will hear British Columbia's appeal of a ruling that found the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the provincial mineral claims regime are ...

The Federal Court of Appeal has granted leave to the Gitxaala Nation to apply for judicial review of the Northern Gateway pipeline project's approval. The Gitxaala is challenging the federal cabinet's ...

In Gitxaala v. British Columbia, the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled that the issuance of mineral claims in British Columbia triggers the Crown’s duty to consult Indigenous nations. The Court ...

Terry Teegee, right, regional chief of the BC Assembly of First Nations, one of several indigenous groups supporting Gitxaala court case last year. | Nelson Bennett The Gitxaala First Nation is ...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Sep 26, 2014) - The Federal Court of Appeal has granted leave to Gitxaala Nation to apply for Judicial Review to challenge the approval of the Northern ...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jan 17, 2014) - The Federal Joint Review Panel's report on the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines Project made an error ...

The Gitxaala charge that mineral claims in their traditional territory were granted without consultation or even notice, which violates constitutional obligations to them and violates the United ...

“We played by Canada’s rules,” said Gitxaala Acting Chief Clarence Innis. “But all of our concerns were ignored by both the JRP and Cabinet." Gitxaala First Nation has launched a court challenge of ...

The Gitxaala First Nation is appealing a recent BC Supreme Court decision that found, among other things, that the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) has no force ...