A collection of articles on the oil & gas industry in northern BC, including recent protests by the Kelly Lake band and a recent series of bombings of EnCana gas pipelines. Despite at first claiming any rupture of the pipelines would release toxic clouds of gas endangering anyone in the vicinity, the third bombing did breach a pipe and released sour gas, drawing little response from emergency services. Many residents of the area, located near Dawson Creek, including Natives, are opposed to the pipelines and industrial destruction.

Third gas pipeline bombed in B.C.

October 21, 2008, Intercontinentalcry.org

Earlier this month, police and military forces in Mexico were used against families in the indigenous town of Xoxocotla. Currently, there are reports of at least 70 people missing, of whom only 20 have been officially ‘arrested.’ See the video below for footage taken during the attack.

Pound urged to resign over 'savages' comment

Updated Wed. Oct. 22 2008
CTV.ca News Staff

A growing number of voices are calling for the resignation of VANOC board member Dick Pound, following his reference to Canada being a country of "savages" only 400 years ago.

Pound, former head of the World Anti-Doping Agency, was defending the decision to hold the 2010 Olympics in China, despite the country's questionable human rights record.

October 13, 2008, IntercontinentalCry.org

In an attempt to protect the Juruena river in western Brazil, an estimated 120 members of the Enawene Nawe tribe occupied the construction site of a hydroelectric dam on October 13, and then burned it to the ground.

“They came armed with axes and pieces of wood, banished the employees and later set fire to everything” said Frederico Muller, a coordinator working at the site. At least 12 trucks were destroyed, along with a number of offices and housing units. All told, Muller suggests that there was at least a million dollars in damages.

Pain Compliance as Indigenous Relations

by Dru Oja Jay, The Dominion

Barrière Lake Indians set up blockage as last resort
It was the only way to get governments to listen to us, Algonquins say
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Montreal Gazette Op-Ed

NORMAN MATCHEWAN, Algonquin

The Barrière Lake Algonquins' decision to peacefully blockade Highway 117 was not easily made. We have always preferred co-operation to confrontation. We do not wish to disrupt the lives of Canadians. Unfortunately, it seems their governments otherwise ignore or dismiss us - or worse, treat us with contempt.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Canada and Quebec use riot police, tear gas, and "pain compliance" on peaceful Algonquin families to avoid negotiations
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Tuesday, October, 7, 2008

Canada and Quebec use riot police, tear gas, and "pain compliance" on peaceful Algonquin families to avoid negotiations: 'pain compliance' perfect description of Conservative's aboriginal policy, say community spokespeople

InterContinentalCry.org

On October 3, 2008, federal and state police in Chiapas, Mexico, carried out a violent operation that left six people dead, 17 injured, and 36 more detained, almost all of whom were inhabitants of the ejido (communally held land) of Miguel Hidalgo, located in the municipality of La Trinitaria, Chiapas.

Native leaders band together to broker direct investment deals with China

JOE FRIESEN
Globe and Mail, September 29, 2008

When a group of more than 100 Canadian native leaders arrives in China six weeks from now, they will carry a message that is both historic and disarmingly straightforward: China has vast wealth to invest, and Canada's native communities, with their access to timber, coal and minerals, want to do business.

The China-Canada Aboriginal Business Opportunity will be the largest

Stop the Extradition of John Graham!

FREE LEONARD PELTIER!
HONOUR THE SPIRIT OF ANNA MAE AQUASH!

“I fear that John will not receive a fair trial in the US anymore than I did. I must remind you, it is court record that the FBI lied to extradite me back to the US.”
Leonard Peltier (Dec. 5/03, Statement)

Who killed Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash? The FBI & US federal government want us to believe it was two young members of the American Indian Movement (AIM), acting under orders from senior AIM leaders.