The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 What does real consultation look like? The Berger Inquiry. https://thenarwhal.ca/what-does-real-consultation-look-like-the-berger-inquiry/ Fri, 19 Oct 2018 21:26:37 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=8427 Four decades ago, as part of his assessment of the Mackenzie Valley pipeline, Justice Thomas R. Berger traveled to remote villages in the far north, shared in family caribou dinners and spent meaningful time in the communities the project would impact Ian Waddell Opinion consultation Indigenous Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Thomas Berger Trans-Mountain B.C. Supreme Court Overturns Gas Pipeline Approval Because Regulator ‘Unreasonable’ in Dealings with First Nations https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-supreme-court-overturns-gas-pipeline-approval-because-regulator-unreasonable-dealings-first-nations/ Tue, 19 Dec 2017 20:54:48 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/12/19/b-c-supreme-court-overturns-gas-pipeline-approval-because-regulator-unreasonable-dealings-first-nations/ Carol Linnitt News BC Supreme Court caribou consultation Fort Nelson First Nation gas pipeline Indigenous News pipelines Rockyview Resources UNDRIP Collaborative Consent: What Next Generation, Indigenous-Inclusive Water Management Looks Like in B.C. https://thenarwhal.ca/collaborative-consent-what-next-generation-indigenous-inclusive-water-management-looks-bc/ Thu, 28 Sep 2017 22:49:44 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/09/28/collaborative-consent-what-next-generation-indigenous-inclusive-water-management-looks-bc/ Judith Lavoie News Aboriginal Rights B.C. Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources Chief William Seymour collaborative consent consent consultation Cowichan Tribes Cowichan Valley Cowichan Watershed Board Indigenous Indigenous Rights Joh Lefebure Merrell-Ann Phare News POLIS Right Top Rosie Simms UNDRIP United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples University of Victoria water water management Divide and Conquer: The Threatened Community at the Heart of the PNW LNG Project https://thenarwhal.ca/divide-and-conquer-threatened-community-heart-pnw-lng-project/ Wed, 06 Jul 2016 22:12:24 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/07/06/divide-and-conquer-threatened-community-heart-pnw-lng-project/ admin In-Depth consultation Discourse Media first nations In-Depth John Helin Justin Trudeau Lax Kw'alaams Nation LNG Pacific NorthWest LNG Petronas PNW LNG reconciliation salmon Enbridge Northern Gateway: ‘First Nations Save Us Again’ https://thenarwhal.ca/enbridge-northern-gateway-first-nations-save-us-again/ Thu, 30 Jun 2016 20:56:38 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/06/30/enbridge-northern-gateway-first-nations-save-us-again/ Carol Linnitt Opinion consultation Enbridge enbridge northern gateway First Nations Rights Northern Gateway Northern Gateway Pipeline Opinion B.C. Government, Enbridge Ordered to Pay $230,000 in Court Costs to First Nations for Failed Consultation https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-government-enbridge-ordered-pay-230-000-court-costs-first-nations-failed-consultation/ Wed, 11 May 2016 21:51:23 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/05/11/b-c-government-enbridge-ordered-pay-230-000-court-costs-first-nations-failed-consultation/ Carol Linnitt News Arnold Clifton Coastal First Nations consultation Enbridge first nations Gitga'at First Nation Kelly Russ News Northern Gateway pipelines B.C. Handed Out Scientifically Flawed Fracking Water Licence to Nexen: Appeals Board https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-handed-out-scientifically-flawed-fracking-water-licence-nexen-appeal-board/ Tue, 08 Sep 2015 18:11:54 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/09/08/b-c-handed-out-scientifically-flawed-fracking-water-licence-nexen-appeal-board/ Carol Linnitt News B.C. consultation Environment Appeal Board first nation rights Fort Nelson First Nation fracking LNG natural gas News Nexen Treaty 8 Tsea Lake water Internal Documents Show Feds Doubted Their Own First Nations Consultation Process for Northern Gateway Pipeline https://thenarwhal.ca/internal-documents-show-feds-doubted-their-own-first-nations-consultation-process-northern-gateway-pipeline/ Thu, 23 Apr 2015 23:18:23 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/04/23/internal-documents-show-feds-doubted-their-own-first-nations-consultation-process-northern-gateway-pipeline/ Carol Linnitt access to information legislation ATIPS Chief Fred Sam Chris Tollefson constitution consultation Ellis Ross Enbridge Environment Canada first nations Haisla First Nation Harper Government Joint Review Panel JRP Northern Gateway Northern Gateway Pipeline Section 35 Transport Canada Tsleil-Waututh First Nation Announces Federal Legal Challenge Against Kinder Morgan Oil Pipeline Review Process https://thenarwhal.ca/tsleil-waututh-first-nation-announces-legal-challenge-against-kinder-morgan-oil-pipeline/ Fri, 02 May 2014 18:37:54 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/05/02/tsleil-waututh-first-nation-announces-legal-challenge-against-kinder-morgan-oil-pipeline/ Carol Linnitt bitumen Burnaby Burrard Inlet canadian government Chief Maureen Thomas consultation environmental assessment first nations Kinder Morgan lawsuit Merle Alexander national energy board NEB review oil spill oilsands pipelines Reuben George tar sands Trans Mountain Pipeline Tsleil-Waututh B.C. Pulls About-Face After First Nations Call Removal of Gas Development Environmental Assessment a ‘Declaration of War’ https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-pulls-about-face-first-nations-call-removal-environmental-assessment-declaration-war/ Thu, 17 Apr 2014 19:51:26 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/04/17/b-c-pulls-about-face-first-nations-call-removal-environmental-assessment-declaration-war/ Carol Linnitt Anna Johnston B.C. Casmier Cheryl Chief Terry Teegee consultation Deregulation Environment Minister Mark Polak environmental assessment First Nations Summit Fort Nelson First Nation fracking Indigenous LNG natural gas Order in Council Sekani Tribal Council Sharleen Gale Stewart Phillip Striking a Balance West Coast Environmental Law