The Sacred Headwaters region in B.C. contains three important salmon rivers – the Stikine, Skeena and Nass. An environmental advocacy group found that mine tailings are seeping into the environment at a higher rate than predicted.

A group of Alaska tribal nations is going to the B.C. Supreme Court to demand a seat at the table in Canadian resource development – including a mine expansion that is among the nation-building projects Ottawa has selected as pivotal to economic development.

The Alaska groups argue that their historical use of what is now northwestern B.C. makes them Aboriginal peoples of Canada under the Constitution Act, saying that status should guarantee them the same rights to consultation as Canadian Indigenous groups.

The petition for judicial review, which is expecte

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