Newsletter: LNG benefits, and challenges
LNG development in BC has brought benefits to First Nations and Indigenous people, but there have been challenges, too. Some examples were…
Looking into the impact of LNG
The Alliance is taking a serious dive into the impact and effects of LNG and pipeline development on First Nations along the…
First Nations LNG Alliance Newsletter – April 22, 2021
LNG and the Haisla: Much more than jobs: The coronavirus pandemic has thrown more than a few crimps into work and hiring along the Coastal GasLink pipeline route, and at the LNG Canada site at Kitimat. But CGL expects soon to have some 3,000 people on the job — and employment is still the Number One benefit that the Haisla Nation has received from the LNG projects.
Newsletter: Congratulations to Susannah Pierce
After a long rest, our newsletter is back. We’ll aim to keep it up on a regular basis. Congratulations to Susannah Pierce…
Newsletter: Chief Crystal’s friends, fans, and followers
Looking at our social-media pages, it’s easy to tell who has big numbers of friends, fans, and followers: Chief Councillor Crystal Smith…
Newsletter: Alliance prominent at LNG conference
Alliance leaders won applause from a record-sized audience at the seventh annual Canada Gas and LNG conference in Vancouver May 21-23. They…
First Nations LNG Alliance Newsletter 20 – Alliance on the road
“Spring is when you feel like whistling, even with a shoe full of slush.” — Wisconsin columnist Doug Larson. Members and leaders of…
First Nations LNG Alliance Newsletter 19 – Our Alliance’s wise words
The two quotes above are from our Alliance CEO, Karen Ogen-Toews, on LNG Canada’s Facebook page, which has 17,000 followers. It ran…
First Nations LNG Alliance Newsletter 18 – Chiefs, councils, and the people
Alliance leaders have been talking sense to news media about issues around hereditary chiefs and elected councils. For example, Alliance CEO Karen…
First Nations LNG Alliance Newsletter 17 – Happy New Year to all!
(And was our December busy!) Our social-media traffic soared in December, with big interest in posts that centred on the differences of…
First Nations LNG Alliance Newsletter 16 – Pipeline work for First Nations
Good news in two ways: First, the announcement of the conditional award of $620 million in contract work to First Nations businesses…
First Nations LNG Alliance Newsletter 15 – Chief Crystal Smith: Video interview
Crystal Smith, chief councillor of the Haisla Nation and a director of our Alliance, was interviewed at length by host Stuart McNish…
