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September 11, 2025

First Nations Consent Ignored as Canadians Asked to Subsidize LNG Expansion

Mark Carney’s push to double LNG Canada as a “nation-building” project ignores the right of Indigenous peoples to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) and asks taxpayers to underwrite a project with no clear business case. 

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September 8, 2025

Comments of Premier David Eby counterproductive to true, lasting reconciliation

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council is shocked and appalled with Premier David Eby’s comments to media regarding a recent BC Supreme Court decision

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September 4, 2025

UBCIC Shares Deep Condolences with Hollow Water First Nation and Calls for an Immediate End to Violence

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – September 4, 2025) On September 4, 2025, Manitoba RCMP responded to a mass stabbing that occurred shortly before 8:30AM on Hollow Water First Nation, also known as Waanibiigaaw, located on the eastern shore of Lake Winnipeg in Treaty 5 Territory

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September 3, 2025

UBCIC Stands with Xatśūll First Nation in their Appeal to Overturn BCSC on Mount Polley Mine Dam Raise

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – September 3, 2025) Today, the Xatśūll First Nation filed an appeal with the B.C. Court of Appeal to overturn an August 6, 2025, decision of the B.C. Supreme Court. That decision upheld Provincial authorizations allowing Mount Polley Mining Corporation to raise the height of its tailings storage facility dam at the Mount Polley Mine without first conducting an environmental assessment. The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) supports the Xatśūll First Nation in exercising their inherent jurisdiction and right of self-determination over their territories and in launching this critical appeal.

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August 22, 2025

UBCIC Acknowledges Landmark Cowichan Title Decision

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – August 22, 2025) The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) acknowledges the historic Supreme Court of BC decision in Cowichan Tribes v. Canada, which on August 7, 2025, recognized Aboriginal title of Cowichan Tribes, Stz’uminus First Nation, Penelakut Tribe,  Halalt First Nation, and Lyackson First Nation to nearly 1,900 acres of lands in Richmond, including submerged shoreline.

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August 18, 2025

UBCIC Stands with Survivors of St. Augustine’s Residential School Following Further Investigation by shíshálh

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – August 18, 2025) The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is deeply saddened by the disturbing results of the shíshálh Archaeological Research Project which details an additional 41 unmarked graves identified at the former St. Augustine’s Residential School. In 2023 shíshálh shared the results of their initial investigation which found 40 unmarked graves, bringing the community total to 81.

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August 7, 2025

UBCIC Denounces Dismissal of Xatśūll First Nation’s Legal Challenge on Mount Polley Mine Expansion

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – August 7, 2025) The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is deeply disappointed in the B.C. Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss Xatśūll First Nation’s injunction and judicial review regarding the Mount Polley Mine tailings storage expansion.

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August 6, 2025

UBCIC Mourns the Passing of Grand Chief Robert ‘Bob’ Pasco, Respected Nlaka’pamux Leader

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – August 6, 2025) The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is deeply saddened to mark the passing of Grand Chief Robert ‘Bob’ Pasco, a beloved leader and lifelong advocate for the Nlaka’pamux Nation and Indigenous title and rights, whose decades of unwavering leadership, deep cultural knowledge, and principled commitment to justice left an indelible mark on Indigenous governance in British Columbia.