Elders threaten blockade against coal mine in Sacred Headwaters
Anita McPhee, NationTalk.ca, August 16 2013DEASE LAKE, BC, Aug. 15, 2013 - The Tahltan Central Council acknowledges the frustrations felt by Tahltan people that lead to more than 30 Tahltan Elders and...
View ArticleB.C. First Nation renews fight against mining
By Kim Nursall, The Canadian Press, August 16 2013VANCOUVER – Dozens of First Nations protesters are blockading a proposed open-pit coal mine in a remote area of northwest B.C.read more
View ArticleFlow-through shares: Canada’s quirky tax innovation
Drew Hasselback, Financial Post, March 7 2013The flow-through share entered the Canadian tax code just over 25 years ago. Looking back, mining executives, lawyers, bankers and accountants believe this...
View ArticleIn Australia, an Uphill Battle To Rein in the Power of Coal
Samiha Shafy, Yale Environment 360, 17 Sep 2013Australia is the world’s second-largest exporter of coal, thanks to huge markets in China, Japan, and other Asian countries. Environmentalists have been...
View ArticleCoal mining protest in B.C. set to erupt
Margo Harper, Globe and Mail, Sep. 20 2013An increasingly tense standoff between a B.C. First Nation and a London, Ont.-based coal company in a remote mountain valley known as Sacred Headwaters is set...
View ArticleMining company steps back from Sacred Headwaters standoff
Damien Gillis, CommonSenseCanadian.ca, Sep 23 2013Fortune Minerals announced Monday it will voluntarily stand down from an escalating conflict with the local Tahltan First Nation. The Common Sense...
View ArticleFlow-through tax credit will cost BC $10 million
Michael Allan McCrae, Mining.com, October 4, 2013British Columbia's minister of mines emphasised his support for the flow through tax credit at an AME BC luncheon talk on Friday and called the current...
View ArticleFirst Nations declare victory against Taseko's B.C. mine
CBC News, Nov 01, 2013Proposed New Prosperity mine would have signficant effects on Fish Lake, report concludesFirst Nations leaders in B.C. are declaring victory after a new environmental report...
View ArticleCoal tenures on hold in the Klappan a positive first step
News Release, Ministry of Energy and Mines, December 16 2013VICTORIA - In keeping with its commitment to work collaboratively with the Tahltan Nation towards a shared vision for land use in the...
View ArticleTaseko New Prosperity Mine at Fish Lake rejected again
CBC News, Feb 26, 2014Ministry concludes project likely to cause significant environmental damage, Taseko will reapplyIt's back to the drawing board for round three for Taseko Mines, Ltd.read more
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