An Alaska Native group says the Canadian government is violating their human rights, by greenlighting several large gold mines in British Columbia.
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Tribes in Southeast Alaska and across the border in Canada have declared an emergency for salmon facing environmental risks. Leaders with the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission made the announcement at the 4th Annual Indigenous Leaders Summit in Washington last week. The transboundary commission represents 15 Tsimshian, Tlingit, and Haida Nations.
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Regulators in Canada have granted a two-year extension for the Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell mine’s environmental review which will effectively give the project’s owners until July 2026 to find major investors.
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A cross-border watershed monitoring program has wrapped up with Alaska and B.C. regulators concluding the project had run its course. But tribes, fishermen and scientists say there’s still work to be done.
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Could a cross-boundary mining battle lead to a trade war with Canada? A Southeast Alaska tribal organization is using that possibility to push federal officials into providing stronger protections for regional fisheries.
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