{"id":61640,"date":"2015-09-21T08:28:24","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T00:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=61640"},"modified":"2015-09-21T12:30:40","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T04:30:40","slug":"first-nation-to-claim-land-title-to-block-pacific-northwest-lng-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/09\/21\/first-nation-to-claim-land-title-to-block-pacific-northwest-lng-terminal\/","title":{"rendered":"First Nation to claim land title to block Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_56328\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56328\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/shutterstock_196763216.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56328\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/shutterstock_196763216.jpg\" alt=\"A large oil refinery containing liquefied natural gas (Claffra \/ Shutterstock)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/shutterstock_196763216.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/shutterstock_196763216-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A large oil refinery containing liquefied natural gas (Claffra \/ Shutterstock)gas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>LELU ISLAND, B.C. &#8212; A northern British Columbia First Nation says it is seeking aboriginal title to the land where a Malaysia-led consortium hopes to build a $36-billion liquefied natural gas terminal.<\/p>\n<p>The Lax Kw&#8217;alaams First Nation says it will launch an action claiming title to Lelu Island and Flora Bank, where the Pacific NorthWest LNG project would be built.<\/p>\n<p>The nation says if it successfully establishes title, the province would have to seek its consent for massive projects like the one spearheaded by Malaysia&#8217;s state-owned Petronas.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Garry Reece says the Lax Kw&#8217;alaams are open to development including the Pacific NorthWest project, but only if an alternate site is found to avoid Flora Bank.<\/p>\n<p>The nation says the area is a critical fisheries habitat located in the estuary of the Skeena River and it is concerned that construction would irreparably harm salmon stocks.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this spring, Lax Kw&#8217;alaams members overwhelmingly rejected a $1.15-billion package from the company and province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; LELU ISLAND, B.C. &#8212; A northern British Columbia First Nation says it is seeking aboriginal title to the land &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":56328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","category-news-ca","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}