https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/gitanyow-ipca-bc-government/ Sun, 26 Sep 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=35602 After waiting for years for support from the provincial government and in the face of declining salmon stock, the Gitanyow are independently forging ahead with new protections under traditional law and custom for some 54,000 hectares of land and water, which are threatened by potential mining projects Matt Simmons On the ground B.C. Indigenous Indigenous guardians Indigenous protected areas mining salmon wildlife