West Coast in the News

Vancouver firm working to give Indigenous law traction

Author(s): Cara McKenna

Media Outlet: Salish Sea Sentinel 

Indigenous Law, Indigenous Law, RELAW
Canada On Precipice of ‘Huge Step Forward’ For Environmental Assessments

Author(s): James Wilt 

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

Strong Environmental Laws, Environmental Assessment
‘Nothing Has Changed’: B.C.’s Botched Oil Spill Response Haunts First Nation

Author(s): Aurora Tejeida 

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Owner of MV Marathassa charged for 2015 oil spill in Vancouver's English Bay

Author(s): Justine Hunter and Sunny Dhillon

Media Outlet: The Globe and Mail

Strong Environmental Laws, Healthy Waters, Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers, Marine Protection, Great Bear Sea
Put indigenous rights at core of new environmental laws: NGOs

Author(s): James Munson 

Media Outlet: ipolitics

Indigenous Law, Indigenous Law, RELAW
Vancouver law firm seeks legal grounding of unwritten Indigenous laws

Author(s): Audrey McKinnon

Media Outlet: CBC

A Vancouver law firm is trying to give unwritten Indigenous laws more legal sway.

Indigenous Law, Indigenous Law, RELAW
Fish-protection laws should be beefed up: parliamentary committee

Author(s): Kent Spencer 

Media Outlet: Vancouver Sun 

Strong Environmental Laws, Environmental Assessment, Fish & Wildlife
How to Fix the National Energy Board, Canada's 'Captured Regulator'

Author(s): James Wilt 

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

Strong Environmental Laws, Canada's Environmental Reviews, Environmental Assessment
How to fix the National Energy Board, Canada's 'captured regulator'

Author(s): James Wilt

Media Outlet: Desmog Canada

Strong Environmental Laws, Canada's Environmental Reviews, Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Bill Fossil Fuel Firms for Climate Costs, Consider Suing, Campaign Urges BC Cities

Author(s): Andrew MacLeod

Media Outlet: TheTyee 

Climate and Energy, Sue Big Oil