@nikkiskuce

Activist. Northerner. Madre. Trying out the alt blue at same handle

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In this month's newsletter, BCMLR co-chair @nikkiskuce reflects on taking in moments of awe and protecting beautiful, wild spaces in northwestern B.C. Check out a full recap in the slides 🧵(1/2)
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Bad mines make for bad mining reputation. B.C. gold miner penalized $222K for burying garbage biv.com/news/environment/bc-… via @BIVnews #bcpoli

B.C. gold miner penalized $222K for burying garbage

Vancouver-based miner WestKam Gold Corp. penalized for major, deliberate environmental violations at Bonaparte gold mine near Kamloops, B.C.

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The fear mongering and racism over a human rights instrument and the courts requiring the mineral explorers to have to (gasp) ask permission instead of being granted “free entry” makes me sick. Uphold UNDRIP @Dave_Eby #bcpoli
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Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz #MontrealMassacre 💔
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B.C.'s Indigenous rights law is legally enforceable, not just government policy, rules court timescolonist.com/economy-la… via @timescolonist

B.C.'s Indigenous rights law is legally enforceable, rules court

In a split ruling, the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) is an 'interpretive lens' through which B.C. laws must be viewed and measured

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Major court decision out today in British Columbia concluding "UNDRIP and the mineral claims regime are inconsistent". Just reviewing and you can too at: bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/ca/25/04… #bcpoli #mining
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"and declare that the CGC’s conduct in establishing an online system allowing for automatic registration of mineral claims without requiring prior consultation and cooperation of affected Indigenous peoples is inconsistent with article 32(2) of UNDRIP."
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Nikki Skuce retweeted
Mike Hudema
@MikeHudema27 Nov 2025
Big Oil raked in record-breaking profits. The companies that caused the climate crisis are getting rich as they fuel the fire. @ExxonMobil: $55.7 billion @Shell: $39.87 billion @Chevron: $35.5 billion @BP_plc: $27.7 billion No time to wait. #ActOnClimate #panelsnotpipelines #cdnpoli
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The answer is still no @MarkJCarney @ABDanielleSmith
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We're still here @MarkJCarney, and still say no to any oil pipeline through NWBC. Alberta thanklessly already has a pipeline to the BC coast that they can't seem to fill. Climate change is still happening even if you've flipped flopped #cdnpoli #bcpoli biv.com/news/commentary/rob-…

Rob Shaw: Carney delivers three-hour crash course on blindsiding Eby over pipeline

Prime minister assures B.C. pipeline deal wasn’t done, only for agreement with Alberta to surface before premier got back to his desk

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Unclear why @CanadianPM Carney didn't make his announcement today from Kitimat with the gas flare screeching as he put the controversial (and opposed) Ksi Lsims LNG terminal on his list during the UN Climate talks #cdnpoli @s_guilbeault biv.com/news/environment/sta… via @BIVnews

Start-up emissions at B.C. LNG plants systematically underestimated, finds study

Researchers say B.C. regulators have underestimated pollution by ignoring LNG terminal start-up emissions.

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This is brutal: "The result is that large Canadian corporations have unprecedented access to intelligence collected by Canada’s spy agency." Canada really is a petro-state. #cdnpoli #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-csis…

TC Energy lobbied Canada’s spy agency to share intelligence | The Narwhal

Pipeline giant TC Energy urged CSIS to brief Canada’s biggest companies on security threats — raising concerns about surveillance

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Canada’s critical minerals mining is sold as key to the energy transition — but who really benefits? The US Dept of War just bought into a BC mining firm. As war spending rises, so do tough questions about greenwashing and militarization. 📖The Tyee: bit.ly/3Jg4C4H
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“Our critical minerals strategy is full of so many holes,” Skuce said. “It’s just being used as a tool to push for more mining, whether it’s for gold to sit in the basement of a bank or a rare earth element to be used in an F-35.” #cdnpoli #bcpoli #mining thetyee.ca/News/2025/10/16/U…

Why Is the US War Department Buying into a BC Mining Company? | The Tyee

Global instability is creating a rush for critical minerals, which are useful for green energy. And the military.

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There is no scientific rationale (in fact, the opposite). There is no economic justification. There is still no way to clean up oil spills. There is no coastal support. There are alternatives. There will never be an oil pipeline to BC's north coast #bcpoli #cdnpoli @timhodgsonmt
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These strikes have such negative impacts on rural communities. @PattyHajdu - there need to be good faith negotiations and support for our national post network.
CUPW@cupw10 Oct 2025
Strike Action Update: Shift to Rotating Strikes cupw.ca/en/strike-action-upd… #SupportCUPW #canlab #cdnpoli @CanadianLabour
Strike Alert - CUPW

ALT Strike Alert - CUPW

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The Canada Post and BCGEU strikes are hard on small towns. It saddens me how little effort the federal and BC governments have put toward resolving these labour disputes. These disputes not only impact the workers and their families, but communities as a whole @JM_Whiteside
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And they know they will keep polluting beyond acceptable levels for at least 3 more years... B.C. coal giant penalized millions for treatment delays, 171 pollution breaches #bcpoli biv.com/news/environment/bc-… via @BIVnews

B.C. coal giant penalized millions for treatment delays, 171 pollution breaches

EVR Operations Limited — formally Teck Coal Limited — was penalized more than $3.6 million after failing to curb nitrate and selenium pollution

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In anticipation of what @ABDanielleSmith might be announcing today, I thought that I'd wear some old swag and remind @MarkJCarney that nothing has changed regarding the risks and consequences in NW BC. We're still here - and we still say no to an oil pipeline & tankers #cdnpoli
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So glad that @atRachelGilmore covered this as it was shocking to hear that @MarkJCarney invited Project 2025 architect to their planning session. WTF? Was this the head of TMX's idea? Where the feds are getting advice from matters. So disturbing #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/rachel…
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