Overdue environmental assessment reform a much-needed path to reconciliation

Coast Salish Traditional Territory/Vancouver:  First Nations leaders heard today’s  announcement by the Hon. George Heyman,...

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NDP Approval of Site-C Dam project a major step backwards in Provincial Government relations with BC First Nations

First Nations Summit leaders are denouncing today’s announcement by Premier John Horgan to approve continuation...

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First Nations Summit disappointed with Supreme Court judgment

Leaders of the First Nations Summit (FNS) are expressing disappointment in yesterday’s Supreme Court of...

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FNS Press Release re: 3rd Anniversary of Mount Polley Disaster

August 3, 2017 Coast Salish Territory, Vancouver, British Columbia – Tomorrow, Friday August 4th marks the...

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Federal Government gets it right on rejection of Northern Gateway and instituting of north coast tanker moratorium

Coast Salish Territory, Vancouver, British Columbia – Leaders of the First Nations Summit (FNS) are...

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Federal Government must reject National Energy Board decision to conditionally approve the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project

Coast Salish Territory, Vancouver, British Columbia – Leaders of the First Nations Summit are calling...

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BC Hydro takes appalling position on UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, BC – First Nations Summit (FNS) leaders call on BC Hydro to...

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OPEN LETTER: BC Climate Leadership Team Must Oppose Site C

Dear Climate Leadership Team Members, We are writing because you have been called upon to...

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The First Nations Leadership Council Demands a Fair Process for Treaty 8 First Nations in Court Over the Proposed Site C Dam on the Peace River

VANCOUVER, June 25, 2015 /CNW/ – The First Nations Leadership Council, composed of the executives...

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FNS Letter to Premier Clark re: De‐regulating Shale Gas Development

Dear Premier: Re: De‐regulating Shale Gas Development We wish to convey our deepest concerns regarding...

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First Nations Leadership Council Expresses Support for Heiltsuk First Nation

COAST SALISH TRADITIONALTERRITORY (VANCOUVER) – The BC Assembly of First Nations, First Nations Summit and...

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First Nations Respond to Independent Expert Engineering Investigation and Review Panel on Mt. Polley

(Coast Salish Traditional Territory) First Nations have carefully taken time to review the January 30,...

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