In-SHUCK-ch's space

VANCOUVER, June 16 /CNW/ - Cloudworks Energy Inc., a Vancouver-based

green energy developer, today denied an activist group's allegations of

inadequate environmental standards at run-of-river hydroelectric projects it

is constructing near Harrison Lake.

    "The Western Canada Wilderness Committee (WCWC) has released six brief

and selective quotes from more than 1,800 pages of emails and other government

documents, and claimed they provide a basis for sweeping conclusions about

project impacts," says Cloudworks Principal Nick Andrews.

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2009/16/c7267.html

Jun 16, 2009 16:56 ET

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 16, 2009) - The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians, along with the five Maa-nulth First Nations and the British Columbia Treaty Commission are pleased to announce that Bill C-41, legislation to give effect to the Maa-nulth First Nations Final Agreement, was passed by the House of Commons and has moved on to the Senate.

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Indian-And-Northern-Affairs-Canada-1004980.html

Overlapping claims by Sto:lo, Yale

By Brian Lewis, The ProvinceJune 16, 2009

One of the most frightening phrases you'll hear is when an Ottawa bureaucrat looks you in the eye, smiles and says: "Hi, I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

But the phrase is particularly chilling when you're aboriginal here in far, far away B.C.

Just ask Tyrone McNeil, vice-president of the Agassiz-based Sto:lo Tribal Council.

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Bands+tiffs+could+sour+native+treaty/1700261/story.html

Letters to the editor

The upcoming Assembly of First Nations election will be an important political event in Canada this year. New leadership will involve new energy and new direction. Chief Phil Fontaine has left a compelling legacy, with the recent residential schools apology as a high note of his tenure.

The danger remains that among most Canadians, the elections may go largely unnoticed.

Weshouldtake notice. This opportunity for renewed leadership presents us with the potential for continuing to strengthen relations between Canadians -- aboriginal and non-aboriginal.

http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1612806

Iain Hunter, Times Colonist

Published: Saturday, June 13, 2009

It would be presumptuous of me to express what an aboriginal feels for the land on which his or her ancestors have trod always.

But I've visited some of these places and seen the ancient totems staring toward the ocean now obscured by mighty trees. I've seen the freighters passing and the power boats anchored and felt glad for those trees.

http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=5d594eff-0af3-4ead-a58b-170cddc6a04d