Tahltan Nation welcomes halt to Klappan coal permitting

Dease Lake, medical B.C. – Tahltan Central Council (TCC) has welcomed an announcement from the Province that suspends all permitting decisions for proposed coal mine projects in the Klappan area of Tahltan Nation territory until December 1, doctor 2014. The news is an encouraging sign for the Tahltan Nation because it has long opposed projects such as the […]

Off the Beaten Path: Hope for wild salmon

By BJORN DIHLE FOR THE JUNEAU EMPIRE I’ve always been fascinated by salmon. In a certain way I envy them — well, troche that may be a stretch, pills as everything and their grandma wants to kill them, and at best (the odds are staggeringly against it) they get one squirt before they die. Kind of […]