Kirby Corporation sentenced in Bella Bella for 2016 oil spill in Heiltsuk territory When an articulated-tug-barge operated by Houston-based Kirby Corporation grounded and sank in 2016 outside Gale Pass, near Bella Bella, it spilled oil in the waters of one…
On May 24, 2019, the BC Court of Appeal released a much-anticipated decision in the Reference re: Environmental Management Act (British Columbia), 2019 BCCA 181. BC asked the Court of Appeal to address BC’s constitutional authority to amend the Environmental…
On June 3, 2019, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls released its Final Report, titled “Reclaiming Power and Place”, at its closing ceremony. The Final Report includes 231 recommendations, or “Calls for Justice” directed at…
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls have announced that the Vancouver Community Hearing will take place on April 4 to 8, 2018. Vancouver will be the second community hearing in British Columbia, and could possibly…
The Fort Nelson First Nation (“FNFN”) judicially reviewed the approval of two permits by the BC Oil and Gas Commission (the “Commission”) to allow a proponent to construct and operate a pipeline and storage facility in their traditional territory construct.…