“First Nations bring their pipeline message to Enbridge’s boardroom”

Gordon Hoekstra in the Prince George Citizen

First Nations in Western Canada are joining aboriginal groups in northern British Columbia in support of their opposition of the $5.5-billion Northern Gateway pipeline.

First Nations from north-central B.C., represented as the Yinka Dene Alliance, and the Alexander, Blood and Lubicon Cree First Nations in Alberta, as well as the Roseau River First Nation from Manitoba, signed a solidarity statement Wednesday.

The Yinka Dene oppose the 1,170-kilometre pipeline that will carry crude from the Alberta oilsands to the B.C. northwest coast because of the risk of spills on the line and from an increase in oil tanker traffic.

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