Page 2 - Corrina Leween News Today

TC Energy is selling a 10 per cent stake of its controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline project to 16 First Nations in B.C.

Sixteen of 20 First Nations along the pipeline corridor will own 10%

Most communities on pipeline route sign options agreements

Most communities on pipeline route sign options agreements

TC Energy Corp said Wednesday it signed an option agreement to sell a 10 per cent stake in Coastal GasLink to Indigenous communities, in an attempt to give…

The project has faced demonstrations and opposition from environmentalists and some First Nations for several years.

A 10% equity interest was set aside in 2020 for eventual First Nations participation. [Image: CGL]

An agreement signed last night in Vancouver gives First Nations along the Coastal GasLink pipeline corridor an equity interest in the project.

A coroner's inquest into the shooting deaths of a mother and son in B.C.'s northern Interior heard evidence Monday about the 77-year-old woman's mental state and the community's attitude toward her in the years before she was killed by police in 2016.

“[CSFS’ Nowh Guna ‘Our Way’ training] is an important educational program with a global component whose impact has enriched people’s lives,” said BC Reconciliation Award juror Kekinusuqs, Dr. Judith Sayers, in a release. “It speaks to the inclusion of indigenous people sharing their knowledge, and underlines that, as indigenous peoples, we do have the capacity to govern ourselves.” Delivery of the program involves facilitators and knowledge holders from indigenous and non-indi...