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September 24, 2025

First Nations Leadership Council Urges Ongoing Engagement and Support on Transformation of the Heritage Conservation Act

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) is reaffirming its strong support for updating the Heritage Conservation Act (HCA), a long-overdue modernization of outdated legislation that has not been substantively amended since 1996.

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September 18, 2025

UBCIC Concerned that Approval of Ksi Lisims LNG Project Ignores Full Environmental Impacts, Lacks Consent

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – September 18, 2025) On Monday September 15, the Province of B.C. and Canada announced they had granted an environmental assessment certificate for the Ksi Lisims LNG project despite the devastating climate impacts and strong opposition from neighbouring First Nations whose consent the Province failed to secure.

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Sept 16, 2025

First Nations Leadership Council Calls on the Province to Obtain Free, Prior and Informed Consent Before Granting Land Tenures

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) is calling on the Province to consult and cooperate with potentially affected First Nations in order to obtain their free, prior, and informed consent before decisions are made on Crown Land Application #1412379. Crown Land Application #1412379, submitted by the U.S.-based National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), seeks 77 “Crown land” tenures along the West Coast of British Columbia, encompassing First Nations’ ancient village sites

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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.