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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · 7d

In anticipation of what @daniellesmithab.bsky.social might be announcing today, I thought that I'd wear some old swag and remind @mark-carney.bsky.social that nothing has changed regarding the risks and consequences in NW BC. We're still here-and we still say no to an oil pipeline & tankers #cdnpoli

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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · 18d

Great to have the opportunity to speak alongside health professionals in Smithers demanding @mark-carney.bsky.social #DrawtheLine and take action on climate change and invest in clean water, healthy communities and a future for our kids. #stopPRGT #upholdTankerBan

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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · 21d

Always grateful for Haida's stance vs dumb fossil fuel projects:"CHN maintains our strong opposition to any proposed oil tankers & strongly supports the federal gov't continuing to uphold the ban on oil tankers through the North Coast Oil Tanker Moratorium Act"
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Official Response to Canada and BC's approval of Ksi Lisims LNG project through Haida Territorial Waters — Council of the Haida Nation

September 17, 2025 Summary On September 15, 2025, Canada and BC both released their decision to approve the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG project. If constructed, the Ksi Lisims LNG Project would ...

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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · 21d

I just don't know how anyone in the BC NDP can wake up and look at the kids in their life and be proud of approving a fossil fuel project in 2025. Brutal @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social

The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 21d

Ksi Lisims LNG was pitched as a net-zero project. But the B.C. government’s approval says it will likely burn natural gas for years, causing “significant adverse effects” on emissions. Critics warn the project undermines the province’s climate goals. thenarwhal.ca/ksi-lisims-l...

The climate costs of B.C.’s Ksi Lisims LNG | The Narwhal

Ksi Lisims LNG will initially burn fossil fuels to power its operations in B.C., resulting in ‘significant adverse effects’ for the climate

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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · 22d

Sign the petition notinmyname.oxfam.ca/sign-the-pet...

Not In My Name — Canada: Tell the Prime Minister to stop arming Israel

Take action: send a letter to the Prime Minister calling to stop arms shipments to Israel.

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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · 23d

Great to see this leadership and advocacy from regional health professionals. Ironic that @adriandix.bsky.social was previously the health minister and is now pushing fossil fuel projects thru while ignoring health risks... #bcpoli
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Halt LNG Expansion Until Health Risks Studied, Say Doctors | The Tyee

First Nations leaders and health professionals say people are getting sick, and BC needs to hit pause.

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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · Sep 7

“Environmental assessments are a planning tool and way to bring in science and local knowledge to best evaluate risks and mitigate impacts,” Skuce argued.

“Avoiding them doesn’t result in British Columbia having a responsible mining sector.” #bcpoli #mining
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What B.C.'s Mount Polley mine expansion means | The Narwhal

B.C. has consented to Mount Polley expanding the site of one of the province’s worst mining disasters. Xatśūll First Nation is challenging the decision in court

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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · Sep 5

Makes sense when you hire and appoint fossil fuel execs into key portfolios and positions 🙃 Ugh

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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm so glad @rachelgilmore.bsky.social covered this as I was shocked to hear on CBC that the Liberals had invited Project 2025 architect. WTF?! #cdnpoli Liberals Call Out Carney for Inviting Trump Insider via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Liberals Call Out Carney for Inviting Trump Insider | The Tyee

‘Mind-boggling,’ says a former top Trudeau adviser, echoing outrage from two unnamed, sitting Liberal MPs.

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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · Sep 3

[W]hen governments are ramming through laws that sideline Indigenous rights and environmental protections, BC is putting a disgraced policing unit in charge of enforcing them—turning struggles for Indigenous sovereignty & climate justice into criminal matters. #bcpoli
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Controversial B.C. RCMP unit to police opposition to fast-tracked resource projects ⋆ The Breach

A widely-criticized police unit is participating in provincial committees coordinating surveillance and policing of protest against major resource projects—including those fast-tracked under new legis...

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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · Aug 22

The little B.C. gold mine you’ve never heard of: thenarwhal.ca/dome-mountai...

Dome Mountain gold mine quietly opens near Smithers, B.C. | The Narwhal

A tiny gold mine has quietly opened on Dome Mountain near Smithers, B.C., raising questions about public notice while promising low impact and local jobs

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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · Aug 8

The repercussions for the largest mine disaster in BC is permit after permit, green light after green light. More rigorous oversight and review are needed for expansions to the same dam that breached, was patched up and filled again. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/08/n...

Court clears way for raise of Mount Polley tailings dam despite Indigenous opposition

The four-metre raise was labelled "comparatively modest" by the presiding justice in a decision that has already drawn the condemnation of Indigenous leaders.

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Amanda Follett Hosgood @amandafollett.bsky.social · Aug 6

Mount Polley will be allowed to continue expanding its tailings facility, after a court challenge by the Xatśūll First Nation failed.

The nation said it's reviewing the decision to allow the dam, which failed catastrophically in 2014, to hold more mine waste. @thetyee.ca
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Mount Polley Can Continue Tailings Expansion, BC Supreme Court Says | The Tyee

Xatśūll First Nation had applied to stop construction on the project.

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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · Aug 6

Dam breach; damn approvals

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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · Aug 6

To add insult to injury just a couple of days after anniversary of disaster. While finally facing federal charges under the Fisheries Act, Imperial Metals has only ever received green lights since disaster. #bcpoli via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

Mount Polley Can Continue Tailings Expansion, BC Supreme Court Says | The Tyee

Xatśūll First Nation had applied to stop construction on the project.

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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · Jul 17

"I think it's important that residents are able to have meaningful input and shift how the project is designed, or elements of it, so that their interests are protected and that the project doesn't go ahead if it doesn't meet certain standards." #bcpoli #mining www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Clearwater, B.C., braces for potential of massive mine that could nearly double its population | CBC News

Taseko Mines says it is moving ahead with environmental assessments for the Yellowhead Copper Project. While this doesn't mean the project is a go, the District of Clearwater is preparing for what cou...

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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · Jul 15

I can't believe it's 2025 with wildfires raging and drought levels high and our politicians are considering pipeline proposals to BC's north coast. For those of us in NW, the answer is still no @eby-david.bsky.social @adriandix.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: Pipelines or tankers in B.C.? The answer is still no

We’re still here. We still say no to pipelines.

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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · Jul 15

Unlike Enbridge's proposed oil pipeline, today such a pipeline would depart rebuilt Fort Mac, pass the scorched iconic town of Jasper, & cross 100s of salmon rivers facing drought. Much has changed, but not our No.
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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · Jul 13

The fascism south of the border is horrifying. As is the number of minions willing to execute deportation and incarceration orders :(

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jul 13

After weeks of pressuring members of Congress into supporting his signature domestic policy legislation, President Trump has secured a massive infusion of funds for his immigration agenda. The annual budget of ICE alone will spike from about $8 billion to roughly $28 billion. nyti.ms/40PkS24

White text on a black background reads: "$170 billion: The amount President Trump has secured in funding for his immigration agenda. The Department of Homeland Security is poised to hire thousands of new immigration agenda and double detention space."

Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · Jul 7

This statement blows my mind: “We had our budget of $4 billion and we’re still sticking to it." $4 billion of public, tax payer funds going to clean up a gold mine. And we keep approving more. #cdnpoli
www.northernminer.com/news/canada-...

Canada advances plan to freeze Giant mine’s toxic waste – The Northern Miner

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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · Jul 3

We Hear about First Nations 'Capacity Gaps.' What about the Crown's? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

We Hear about First Nations ‘Capacity Gaps.’ What about the Crown’s? | The Tyee

Canada’s governments and their entities must ramp up to meet the challenge of reconciliation.

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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · Jun 29

You misspelled “Canada is getting a second shot at exporting even more greenhouse gas emissions.” 🌎

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Canada is getting a second shot at becoming a major LNG player | CBC News

A long-awaited liquified natural gas (LNG) export facility in Kitimat, B.C., is up and running and there are several more projects in various stages of development. Global appetite for LNG is on the r...

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · Jun 26

The Xatśūll First Nation is back in court renewing its pitch for an injunction to stop the Mount Polley mine from expanding the use of its tailings storage facility, a 60-metre-high dam that collapsed in 2014 and spilled 25 million litres of waste into the Fraser watershed. #bcpoli

The Xatśūll Fight to Halt Mount Polley Mine's Tailings Expansion | The Tyee

The company could resume adding mine waste to the facility next week. The harm would be irreversible, the First Nation says.

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BC Mining Law Reform @reformbcmining.bsky.social · Jun 26

A decade after the Mount Polley disaster, Xatśūll First Nation is back in court to challenge the BC gov's decision to approve the expansion of a dam at the same mine.

Mount Polley was featured in our Dirty Dozen 2025 report.

More from @nationalobserver.com: bit.ly/3HV8CXz

First Nation battles to stop history repeating at Mount Polley mine

More than a decade after the catastrophic collapse of the Mount Polley tailings dam, BC has decided to approve another dam expansion at the very same site. But not if Xatśūll First Nation can help it.

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · Jun 25

Wildfires are making glaciers retreat faster, but not how you might think.

Instead of the heat from the flames melting the glacier, the smoke is darkening the snow and ice. This causes the glacier surface to absorb more energy from the sun and melt faster.

@kristendejager.bsky.social reports. 🗻🔥

How Wildfires Are Speeding the Shrinking of BC’s Glaciers | The Tyee

Researchers with a new study on smoke and the ‘ice albedo effect’ are startled by the quick pace of melting.

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