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Tumber Ridge is not just idyllic but resilient.
It has seen mines open and close and reopen. It has embraced wind energy, made unprecedented dinosaur discoveries, hosts epic adventures and reinvented itself through tourism.
Thinking of everyone there as the town faces the unimaginable days ahead.
It has seen mines open and close and reopen. It has embraced wind energy, made unprecedented dinosaur discoveries, hosts epic adventures and reinvented itself through tourism.
Thinking of everyone there as the town faces the unimaginable days ahead.
February 11, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Tumber Ridge is not just idyllic but resilient.
It has seen mines open and close and reopen. It has embraced wind energy, made unprecedented dinosaur discoveries, hosts epic adventures and reinvented itself through tourism.
Thinking of everyone there as the town faces the unimaginable days ahead.
It has seen mines open and close and reopen. It has embraced wind energy, made unprecedented dinosaur discoveries, hosts epic adventures and reinvented itself through tourism.
Thinking of everyone there as the town faces the unimaginable days ahead.
Standing with the community of Tumbler Ridge during this incredibly difficult time. You are in our hearts. ❤️
February 11, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Standing with the community of Tumbler Ridge during this incredibly difficult time. You are in our hearts. ❤️
📰 In the news: B.C. appeals the Gitxaała mining decision to the Supreme Court 🧵 (1/5)
February 10, 2026 at 10:23 PM
📰 In the news: B.C. appeals the Gitxaała mining decision to the Supreme Court 🧵 (1/5)
📰 In the news: B.C. halts plans to make polluters pay for cleanup costs
The province has indefinitely paused its Public Interest Bonding Strategy — a key plan to protect the public from massive cleanup bills. 🧵(1/5)
The province has indefinitely paused its Public Interest Bonding Strategy — a key plan to protect the public from massive cleanup bills. 🧵(1/5)
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
📰 In the news: B.C. halts plans to make polluters pay for cleanup costs
The province has indefinitely paused its Public Interest Bonding Strategy — a key plan to protect the public from massive cleanup bills. 🧵(1/5)
The province has indefinitely paused its Public Interest Bonding Strategy — a key plan to protect the public from massive cleanup bills. 🧵(1/5)
📰 In the news: Western provinces and territories have signed a pact to develop a “critical minerals” strategy with a final plan expected before mining ministers meet again in June. Let’s dig into it… (🧵1/6)
February 3, 2026 at 11:06 PM
📰 In the news: Western provinces and territories have signed a pact to develop a “critical minerals” strategy with a final plan expected before mining ministers meet again in June. Let’s dig into it… (🧵1/6)
🚨 January Newsletter Recap: Who really benefits from “critical minerals” in B.C.?
Governments worldwide are racing to secure lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, and rare earth elements — not just for clean energy, but also for military, industrial, and economic purposes.
🧵 (1/5)
Governments worldwide are racing to secure lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, and rare earth elements — not just for clean energy, but also for military, industrial, and economic purposes.
🧵 (1/5)
January 26, 2026 at 11:42 PM
🚨 January Newsletter Recap: Who really benefits from “critical minerals” in B.C.?
Governments worldwide are racing to secure lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, and rare earth elements — not just for clean energy, but also for military, industrial, and economic purposes.
🧵 (1/5)
Governments worldwide are racing to secure lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, and rare earth elements — not just for clean energy, but also for military, industrial, and economic purposes.
🧵 (1/5)
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Permission shouldn’t be radical. It's time to rethink mining in BC. @jagrupbrar.bsky.social @spencerch.bsky.social #bcpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/16/o...
Permission shouldn’t be radical. It's time to rethink mining in BC
Canada's obligations under United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples create legal, financial and reputational uncertainty within BC’s mining sector — and has undeniably harmed the...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Permission shouldn’t be radical. It's time to rethink mining in BC. @jagrupbrar.bsky.social @spencerch.bsky.social #bcpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/16/o...
📢 New reporting from @amandafollett.bsky.social in @thetyee.ca examines the long shadow of asbestos mining in B.C. — and what happens when a company town disappears.
📰 A Mining Town Scattered, and Asbestos to the Wind
🔗 bit.ly/49QBA56
#Cassiar #Asbestos #BCMining
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📰 A Mining Town Scattered, and Asbestos to the Wind
🔗 bit.ly/49QBA56
#Cassiar #Asbestos #BCMining
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A Mining Town Scattered Residents, and Asbestos, to the Wind | The Tyee
Cassiar exposed residents to asbestos for 40 years. But little has been done to follow their health outcomes.
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January 20, 2026 at 8:46 PM
📢 New reporting from @amandafollett.bsky.social in @thetyee.ca examines the long shadow of asbestos mining in B.C. — and what happens when a company town disappears.
📰 A Mining Town Scattered, and Asbestos to the Wind
🔗 bit.ly/49QBA56
#Cassiar #Asbestos #BCMining
🧵(1/5)
📰 A Mining Town Scattered, and Asbestos to the Wind
🔗 bit.ly/49QBA56
#Cassiar #Asbestos #BCMining
🧵(1/5)
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BC First Nation ramps up monitoring with approval of Mount Milligan mine expansion #mining #bcpoli @reformbcmining.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/12/n...
BC First Nation ramps up monitoring with approval of Mount Milligan mine expansion
A First Nation in British Columbia says it will step up its own environmental oversight after the province approved a major expansion of the Mount Milligan mine — a project that has long shaped both t...
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January 12, 2026 at 5:51 PM
BC First Nation ramps up monitoring with approval of Mount Milligan mine expansion #mining #bcpoli @reformbcmining.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/12/n...
📰 Mining law in BC still ignores Indigenous consent. Our new op-ed with Amnesty International Canada in @nationalobserver.com explains how UNDRIP alignment can protect rights, the environment, and certainty for the mining sector: bit.ly/3Lly6iU
Permission shouldn’t be radical. It's time to rethink mining in BC
Canada's obligations under United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples create legal, financial and reputational uncertainty within BC’s mining sector — and has undeniably harmed the...
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January 20, 2026 at 12:08 AM
📰 Mining law in BC still ignores Indigenous consent. Our new op-ed with Amnesty International Canada in @nationalobserver.com explains how UNDRIP alignment can protect rights, the environment, and certainty for the mining sector: bit.ly/3Lly6iU
⚠️ BC approved the Mount Milligan mine expansion, raising water and environmental concerns.
The Nak’azdli Whut’en First Nation is stepping up Indigenous-led monitoring to protect watersheds.
🔗 Read the full story from Sonal Gupta in @nationalobserver.com: bit.ly/4sGgzCx
The Nak’azdli Whut’en First Nation is stepping up Indigenous-led monitoring to protect watersheds.
🔗 Read the full story from Sonal Gupta in @nationalobserver.com: bit.ly/4sGgzCx
January 14, 2026 at 8:21 PM
⚠️ BC approved the Mount Milligan mine expansion, raising water and environmental concerns.
The Nak’azdli Whut’en First Nation is stepping up Indigenous-led monitoring to protect watersheds.
🔗 Read the full story from Sonal Gupta in @nationalobserver.com: bit.ly/4sGgzCx
The Nak’azdli Whut’en First Nation is stepping up Indigenous-led monitoring to protect watersheds.
🔗 Read the full story from Sonal Gupta in @nationalobserver.com: bit.ly/4sGgzCx
"What Happened to the 'Rule of Law'?" @amandafollett.bsky.social examines how the phrase was used during the Wet’suwet’en pipeline conflict — and how politicians now invoke it differently when courts side with First Nations. Thoughtful analysis in @thetyee.ca: bit.ly/4pz7QPN
What Happened to the ‘Rule of Law’? | The Tyee
It was a common refrain during the Wet’suwet’en pipeline conflict. But when courts side with First Nations, politicians are more equivocal.
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January 13, 2026 at 10:40 PM
"What Happened to the 'Rule of Law'?" @amandafollett.bsky.social examines how the phrase was used during the Wet’suwet’en pipeline conflict — and how politicians now invoke it differently when courts side with First Nations. Thoughtful analysis in @thetyee.ca: bit.ly/4pz7QPN
As the year ends, a hopeful opportunity is emerging in northwest B.C.: the proposed Northwest Critical Conservation Corridor. 🧵 (1/8)
December 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
As the year ends, a hopeful opportunity is emerging in northwest B.C.: the proposed Northwest Critical Conservation Corridor. 🧵 (1/8)
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Jamie Kneen of @miningwatch.bsky.social on the BC Court of Appeal landmark court victory for Gitxaała and Ehattesaht First Nations that says B.C. must reform its colonial-era “free entry” mineral staking system to align with #UNDRIP. @reformbcmining.bsky.social @ubcic.bsky.social
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Court rules in favour of First Nations challenge of BC mining regime
Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-12-19 · 19m
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December 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Jamie Kneen of @miningwatch.bsky.social on the BC Court of Appeal landmark court victory for Gitxaała and Ehattesaht First Nations that says B.C. must reform its colonial-era “free entry” mineral staking system to align with #UNDRIP. @reformbcmining.bsky.social @ubcic.bsky.social
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✨Wishing you and yours a Happy Holidays and a chance to slow down and take in some moments of awe! ✨
As 2025 winds down, we’re sharing a holiday wish list for modernizing B.C.’s mining laws.
Strong laws protect people, water, and future generations. 🧵(1/8)
As 2025 winds down, we’re sharing a holiday wish list for modernizing B.C.’s mining laws.
Strong laws protect people, water, and future generations. 🧵(1/8)
December 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
✨Wishing you and yours a Happy Holidays and a chance to slow down and take in some moments of awe! ✨
As 2025 winds down, we’re sharing a holiday wish list for modernizing B.C.’s mining laws.
Strong laws protect people, water, and future generations. 🧵(1/8)
As 2025 winds down, we’re sharing a holiday wish list for modernizing B.C.’s mining laws.
Strong laws protect people, water, and future generations. 🧵(1/8)
In this month's newsletter, BCMLR co-chair @nikkiskuce.bsky.social reflects on taking in moments of awe and protecting beautiful, wild spaces in northwestern B.C.
Check out a full recap in the slides 🧵(1/2)
Check out a full recap in the slides 🧵(1/2)
December 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
In this month's newsletter, BCMLR co-chair @nikkiskuce.bsky.social reflects on taking in moments of awe and protecting beautiful, wild spaces in northwestern B.C.
Check out a full recap in the slides 🧵(1/2)
Check out a full recap in the slides 🧵(1/2)
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Saturday | 10:25 PT Jamie Kneen of @miningwatch.bsky.social on the BC Court of Appeal landmark victory for Gitxaała and Ehattesaht First Nations that says B.C. must reform its colonial-era “free entry” mineral staking system to align with #UNDRIP @reformbcmining.bsky.social @ubcic.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Saturday | 10:25 PT Jamie Kneen of @miningwatch.bsky.social on the BC Court of Appeal landmark victory for Gitxaała and Ehattesaht First Nations that says B.C. must reform its colonial-era “free entry” mineral staking system to align with #UNDRIP @reformbcmining.bsky.social @ubcic.bsky.social
A Landmark Win for Indigenous Jurisdiction
Today the Court of Appeal confirms: B.C. needs to bring its colonial-era mineral staking system into the 21st century. Here's more on the case and what this decision means... (1/11)
Today the Court of Appeal confirms: B.C. needs to bring its colonial-era mineral staking system into the 21st century. Here's more on the case and what this decision means... (1/11)
December 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A Landmark Win for Indigenous Jurisdiction
Today the Court of Appeal confirms: B.C. needs to bring its colonial-era mineral staking system into the 21st century. Here's more on the case and what this decision means... (1/11)
Today the Court of Appeal confirms: B.C. needs to bring its colonial-era mineral staking system into the 21st century. Here's more on the case and what this decision means... (1/11)
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On Dec. 13, Tahltan members plan to vote on an impact benefit agreement for Eskay Creek mine, which promises economic benefits for the nation over a projected 12-year lifespan. But some worry about longer-lasting environmental risks, writes @sevawood.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/eskay-creek-...
Eskay Creek mine faces make-or-break vote | The Narwhal
Skeena Resources’ Eskay Creek mine in northern B.C. hinges on an upcoming vote by the Tahltan Central Government’s board
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December 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
On Dec. 13, Tahltan members plan to vote on an impact benefit agreement for Eskay Creek mine, which promises economic benefits for the nation over a projected 12-year lifespan. But some worry about longer-lasting environmental risks, writes @sevawood.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/eskay-creek-...
Why the “Northwest Critical Conservation Corridor” matters
This month, the federal government officially referred the “Northwest Critical Conservation Corridor” to the newly formed Major Projects Office. But what does it all mean? (1/7)
This month, the federal government officially referred the “Northwest Critical Conservation Corridor” to the newly formed Major Projects Office. But what does it all mean? (1/7)
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Why the “Northwest Critical Conservation Corridor” matters
This month, the federal government officially referred the “Northwest Critical Conservation Corridor” to the newly formed Major Projects Office. But what does it all mean? (1/7)
This month, the federal government officially referred the “Northwest Critical Conservation Corridor” to the newly formed Major Projects Office. But what does it all mean? (1/7)
🧵 Recap: Our November Newsletter — From Remembrance to Responsibility
Why This Matters: After Remembrance Day, we’re reminded that honouring the past means taking responsibility for the future — including how we steward B.C.’s critical minerals. (1/8)
Why This Matters: After Remembrance Day, we’re reminded that honouring the past means taking responsibility for the future — including how we steward B.C.’s critical minerals. (1/8)
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
🧵 Recap: Our November Newsletter — From Remembrance to Responsibility
Why This Matters: After Remembrance Day, we’re reminded that honouring the past means taking responsibility for the future — including how we steward B.C.’s critical minerals. (1/8)
Why This Matters: After Remembrance Day, we’re reminded that honouring the past means taking responsibility for the future — including how we steward B.C.’s critical minerals. (1/8)
⚠️ Fast-tracking a mine in B.C. is stirring controversy.
The Red Chris copper-gold project is being labeled a “nation-building” initiative—but oversight still rests with B.C., the Tahltan Nation, and the company, and the project is raising concerns. 🧵(1/7)
The Red Chris copper-gold project is being labeled a “nation-building” initiative—but oversight still rests with B.C., the Tahltan Nation, and the company, and the project is raising concerns. 🧵(1/7)
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
⚠️ Fast-tracking a mine in B.C. is stirring controversy.
The Red Chris copper-gold project is being labeled a “nation-building” initiative—but oversight still rests with B.C., the Tahltan Nation, and the company, and the project is raising concerns. 🧵(1/7)
The Red Chris copper-gold project is being labeled a “nation-building” initiative—but oversight still rests with B.C., the Tahltan Nation, and the company, and the project is raising concerns. 🧵(1/7)
🌍 Budget 2025: A generational vision — but for whom?
Prime Minister Carney frames this budget as a “generational investment,” promising big projects and long-term change. 🧵 (1/6)
Prime Minister Carney frames this budget as a “generational investment,” promising big projects and long-term change. 🧵 (1/6)
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
🌍 Budget 2025: A generational vision — but for whom?
Prime Minister Carney frames this budget as a “generational investment,” promising big projects and long-term change. 🧵 (1/6)
Prime Minister Carney frames this budget as a “generational investment,” promising big projects and long-term change. 🧵 (1/6)
👻 Ghost Mines of B.C.
Even after closure, pollution from old mines continues to harm water, ecosystems, and communities. 🧵 (1/6)
Even after closure, pollution from old mines continues to harm water, ecosystems, and communities. 🧵 (1/6)
October 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
👻 Ghost Mines of B.C.
Even after closure, pollution from old mines continues to harm water, ecosystems, and communities. 🧵 (1/6)
Even after closure, pollution from old mines continues to harm water, ecosystems, and communities. 🧵 (1/6)
📬 ICYMI: Our October newsletter is out!
This month, we look at how gold is not all that glitters. Behind the sparkle lies a toxic legacy of waste, pollution, and misplaced priorities.
Here's a quick recap...🧵👇(1/9)
This month, we look at how gold is not all that glitters. Behind the sparkle lies a toxic legacy of waste, pollution, and misplaced priorities.
Here's a quick recap...🧵👇(1/9)
October 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
📬 ICYMI: Our October newsletter is out!
This month, we look at how gold is not all that glitters. Behind the sparkle lies a toxic legacy of waste, pollution, and misplaced priorities.
Here's a quick recap...🧵👇(1/9)
This month, we look at how gold is not all that glitters. Behind the sparkle lies a toxic legacy of waste, pollution, and misplaced priorities.
Here's a quick recap...🧵👇(1/9)