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Vol. 6, No. 9 Week of September 23, 2001
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Native protests threaten to swamp frontier energy projects

Shut downs in British Columbia could spread across frontier areas; industry asks federal, provincial governments to address land claims issues

By Gary Park

PNA Canadian Correspondent

Years of warnings are turning into a tidal wave of protests by Canada's 1.4 million aboriginal people that threaten to swamp some of the most lucrative frontier energy projects. The current flash point is in British Columbia, where Native leaders have forced Petro-Canada, Anadarko, Westcoast Energy....

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