Twenty-one years ago, the Exxon Valdez ran aground, spilling 40 million litres of crude oil into Prince William Sound and causing irreversible damage. Now, Enbridge wants to bring the same risk to B.C.’s pristine coastal waters and rainforest.

When a deep ocean tug called the Pathfinder lost its way in Prince William Sound one day this winter, it ended up running aground on Bligh Reef, the same ragged line of rocks that 21 years earlier had gutted the Exxon Valdez.

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has awarded a total of $435,780 to nine applicants to support their participation in the environmental assessment process for the Northern Gateway Pipeline Project in Alberta and British Columbia.

Major resource projects in British Columbia suffered a double blow Tuesday as one native band used the courts to block a proposed coal mine, while other bands formed a broad coalition to oppose a multibillion-dollar pipeline and the oil-tanker traffic it would generate.

(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C. - March 23, 2010) The UBCIC Chiefs Council met last week in Vancouver, B.C. and one item of discussion was the proposed Enbridge Pipeline Project. UBCIC Resolution 2010-11, Enbridge Pipeline Project, was presented, discussed and ratified.