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Chief Crystal Smith’s speech: cheers, and tears

Our Alliance chair, Crystal Smith, elected chief councillor of the Haisla Nation, spoke at the BC Natural Resources Forum in Prince George Jan. 30. More than a few in the audience were moved to tears. . . . The following transcript of her speech has been in a few places very lightly edited or condensed, …

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Premier sees way forward for CGL pipeline

At the BC Natural Resources Forum in Prince George, BC Premier John Horgan spoke on the Wet’suwet’en/Coastal Gas Link issue, and the role in it of his new “intermediary” liaison man, former NDP MP Nathan Cullen: “We are confident that there is a way forward. “I spent a day in a smokehouse feast at the …

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Crystal Smith: Pipeline issue up to Wet’suwet’en people

The following is a guest column from our alliance chair, Chief Crystal Smith, that ran in the Smithers Interior News on 15 January 2020: Pipeline issue up to Wet’suwet’en people Chair of the First Nations LNG Alliance hopes for a resolution to Coastal GasLink conflict soon The Coastal GasLink pipeline project offers lasting benefits for …

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