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Smoke grounds helicopters as Stoddart Creek wildfire grows in B.C.’s northeast

Crews battling a 215-square-kilometre wildfire near Fort St. John in northeastern British Columbia got some unexpected help in the fight.

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Global News BC: Five First Nations reach historic $800 million, 44,266 hectares settlement with B.C., federal government https://globalnews.ca/news/9627420/five-first-nations-reach-historic-800-million-44266-hectares-settlement-with-b-c-federal-government/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #ministerofCrown-Indigenousrelations #CanadaFirstNationssettlement #blueberryriverfirstnations #FirstNationssettlement #DoigRiverFirstNation #FederalGovernment #Reconciliation #Perspectives #BCsettlement #BC
Five First Nations reach historic $800 million, 44,266 hectares settlement with B.C., federal government

The settlements resolve long-standing claims that the First Nations did not receive all the lands owed to them under Treaty 8, which they signed in 1899, government officials said.

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Clouds Building over BC LNG Projects | The Tyee

The BC Liberals call for fast tracking proposed facilities. The NDP says it’s time to slow down.

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A First Nation Sued BC. Then Came a Gas Drilling Frenzy | The Tyee

Now that the Blueberry River First Nations have won a historic agreement, they face thousands of wells greenlit by the regulator.

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Caribou or Coal Mine? | The Tyee

BC rejected the Sukunka mine to protect one threatened herd. Now it considers an application from Telkwa Coal.

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BC Info BotJan 19, 2023
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B.C. signs ‘historic’ deal with Blueberry River First Nations

A B.C. First Nation and provincial government have signed what's being called a historic agreement towards jointly managing land, water and resource development.

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