BC Hydro’s much touted Northwest Transmission line will cross 344 kilometres of rugged landscape that is still mostly subject to first nation land claims, so the utility is under a considerable obligation to ensure aboriginal interests are accommodated and the $400-million project’s benefits are adequately shared.
And from that, on Friday, BC Hydro announced it has signed one more “impact benefit agreement” with a group of communities in the Gitxsan First Nation. Other agreements remain ...
