First Peoples Law Feb 14-20, 2022 – First Peoples Law
This week’s edition includes harvesting rights, language rights, Treaty rights, trespass laws, trapping and more. IN THE NEWS BC headlines included harvesting rights and marine response Heiltsuk Nation Reacts to…
iPolitics AM: Senate kicks off debate on emergency order, Mendicino at committee – iPolitics
Feb 22, 2022 A day after the House of Commons voted to support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s unprecedented decision to invoke the Emergencies Act in response to cross-country anti-COVID mandate protest, the Senate is set to kick off a separate —…
First Nations community, mining company sign on for “greenest” nickel mine – Canada.Com
Feb 21, 2022 A new agreement has been reached between a First Nations community and a nickel mining company that will soon see the “greenest” nickel mine in the world…
Exploration company expands uranium properties in western Nunavut – Nunatsiaq News
Feb 18, 2022 Forum Energy says it plans to conduct exploratory drilling in 2023 Forum Energy Metals Corp. is expanding its uranium properties in Nunavut’s Thelon Basin, about 100 kilometres…
Missanabie Cree First Nation gets into the helicopter business – CTV News
Missanabie Cree First Nation will soon be the owner of two new helicopters, as the community expands its business ventures. The First Nation has partnered with Great Lakes Helicopter, a…
Doing business with an Indigenous worldview takes success beyond the bottom line – The Globe and Mail
In 2019, Jenn Harper, the founder of the popular cosmetics brand Cheekbone Beauty, turned down a $125,000 offer from Vincenzo Guzzo on CBC’s Dragon’s Den in exchange for 50 per…
What could Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act mean for the future of Indigenous direct action? – APTN News
Feb 17, 2022 ‘If it gives more powers to police and to security institutions to repress and suppress Indigenous-led movements to defend their land, then that could a be real…
U of A hosting free virtual Indigenous law speaker series – CFWE
February 17th, 2022 The U of A Law Faculty and Indigenous Law Students’ Association is hosting a free event to educate people on Indigenous law and the role it plays…
Morning Brief: A final showdown – iPolitics
Feb 18, 2022 Good morning, and happy Friday. — A final showdown: Ottawa is readying itself for a final showdown between police and protesters as municipal, provincial, and national police…
Class Action Interview – Native Council of Nova Scotia
Episode 208: Legal Win for Native Council of Nova Scotia After Indian Act chiefs intervened with the province, hunting licences for non-status Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia were taken away. Now, the…
