Tune in Live! Crown’s Attempt to Rectify Treaty Breach Under Court Review
Press Release June 1, 2025 In its September 2024 Restoule decision, the Supreme Court of Canada directed Ontario and Canada to decide how to compensation the Robinson Superior Treaty First…
B.C. Court Grants Delay in Gitanyow Title Case, Citing Appeals by Nisga’a & Tsetsaut/Skiik’m Lax Ha
Press Release May 20, 2025 Despite ‘Strong and Compelling ‘ evidence of Serious Prejudice to the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs, the B.C. Supreme Court granted an Adjournment of the Gitanyow’s title…
Statement on the Yukon Legislative Assembly’s motion regarding the Eagle Gold Court Appointed Receiver
Press Release The following is a statement from Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources John Streicker: “Since the June 24, 2024 catastrophic heap leach failure at the Eagle Gold Mine,…
BCMLR supports Xatśūll First Nation’s legal challenge against BC over Mount Polley tailings dam
Press Release Xatśūll First Nation filed a judicial review on April 15 challenging the BC government’s decision not to require an environmental assessment for the proposed expansion of the Mount…
UBCIC Statement of Support for Xatśūll First Nation’s Legal Action Against Mount Polley Mine Expansion
Press Release (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – April 15, 2025) The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) stands in unwavering solidarity with Xatśūll First…
Cochrane Sinclair Holds Canada Accountable in Federal Court Win for First Nations
Press Release March 26, 2025 Cochrane Sinclair is proud to share that the Federal Court has certified a national class action in the case of Fisher River Cree Nation et…
Supreme Court of Canada – Judgment to be Rendered on Appeal
Press Release February 24, 2025 OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada will deliver its judgment on the following appeal at 9:45 a.m. ET on Friday, February 28, 2025. Government…
Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs in court to fight for proper consultation on proposed Ksi Lisims LNG project
Press Release Feb 24, 2025 Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs are going to court today in Vancouver asking the B.C. Supreme Court to overturn a decision by the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office…
Historic Indigenous Litigation Returning to Court
Press Release THUNDER BAY, ON, Jan. 27, 2025 – Ontario and the federal government have not lived up to a Supreme Court of Canada direction that they engage in meaningful…
Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories Confirms Sahtú Communities Can Manage the Harvesting of Wildlife in Their Territory
Press Release January 20, 2025 The Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories (the “Court of Appeal”) recently released a decision that confirms that communities in the Sahtú are empowered…
