US EditionAlberta ‘on notice’ Coastal B.C. nations opposed to pipeline proposal
Coastal First Nations representing nine communities maintain firm opposition to Alberta's pipeline plan requiring repeal of the federal tanker ban to protect their waters and rights.
- On Oct. 1, 2025, Chief Marilyn Slett said Coastal First Nations‑Great Bear Initiative will not support Alberta's pipeline and nothing can change that.
- Decades of effort led to a federal moratorium, and Marilyn Slett, chief councillor of the Heiltsuk Tribal Council, says First Nations will `use every tool in our tool box` to keep their coast tanker‑free.
- Alberta officials have begun outreach to First Nations, and Danielle Smith, Alberta Premier, says early conversations are underway with First Nations in Alberta and British Columbia about the project.
- Alberta says it will pitch the project to Ottawa, noting Danielle Smith acknowledged laws, including the tanker ban, would have to be repealed or a carve‑out created.
- The dispute stretches into 2025, with The Canadian Press report published Oct. 1, 2025 showing continued tensions since Chief Marilyn Slett's June 25, 2024 Vancouver news conference.
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Alberta 'on notice' Coastal BC nations opposed to pipeline proposal (BC)
The head of a group representing First Nations along British Columbia's coast says they will not support a new pipeline proposed by Alberta and nothing can be done to change that. Marilyn Slett, chief councillor of the Heiltsuk Tribal Council and president of the Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Ini...
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Alberta 'on notice' Coastal B.C. nations opposed to pipeline proposal
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Alberta 'on notice' Coastal B.C. nations opposed to pipeline proposal – Energeticcity.ca
The head of a group representing First Nations along British Columbia’s coast says they will not support a new pipeline proposed by Alberta and nothing can be done to change that. Marilyn Slett, chief councillor of the Heiltsuk Tribal Council and president of the Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative, says First Nations fought for decades to get the federal moratorium that keeps oil tankers out of their waters. She says there is “no suppor…
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