First Nation will challenge BC Long Term Royalty Agreement
Press Releases VANCOUVER, June 10, 2015– Blueberry River First Nations have instructed their lawyers to challenge Minister Coleman’s decision to enter into a Long Term Royalty Agreement with Progress Energy, a…
MLI Report by Benjamin Perrin: Life without parole legislation needs reform
Press Releases The most heinous criminals deserve real life sentences, but the federal government’s Bill C-53 overreaches OTTAWA, May 7, 2015 – The federal government needs to amend legislation that…
shishalh Nation in Court on Day Scholar Class Action
Press Releases 2015-04-13 | The Day Scholar Class Action April 13 – 17, 2015 & April 20, 2015 shishalh and Kamloops Bands will be gathering outside the federal courthouse at…
Supreme Court decisions creating economic uncertainty for First Nations, for Canada
Press Releases April 9, 2015 CALGARY—Recent Supreme Court decisions on aboriginal rights and title are impeding, rather than helping, the economic prosperity of First Nation communities, according to a new study released…
The Fraser Institute/Media Advisory: How Do Recent Supreme Court Rulings Affect the Economic Prosperity of First Nations? New Study Coming Thursday, April 9
Press Releases Calgary, Alberta – April 8, 2015 – On Thursday, April 9, the Fraser Institute will release a new study dissecting the flurry of recent Supreme Court decisions on aboriginal rights…
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Public hearing agenda available
Press Releases Read: Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Public hearing agenda available NT3…
First Nation Treaty Rights Affirmed in the Gargantua Harbour Trial
Media Releases Today Justice Logan dismissed 20 of the 22 counts in the Chief SayersGargantua Harbour (Nanabozhung) matter involving Batchewana First Nation (BFN), and Chief Dean Sayers. The trial has…
The Yukon government retains new legal counsel in the Peel land use planning case
Press Releases March 12, 2015 WHITEHORSE—The Government of Yukon has engaged Torys LLP as legal counsel in the Peel land use planning case. Torys LLP will be reviewing the case…
Fishers win injunction protecting herring stocks
Press Releases Mar 9, 2015 Vancouver—A federal court judge has sided with the Council of the Haida Nations and imposed an injunction on the commercial fishing of herring in Haida…
Tentative Agreement Reached in Lawsuit
Press Releases (March 9, 2015 — Iqaluit, Nunavut) Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) President Cathy Towtongie today announced that a tentative settlement has been reached by negotiators in the lawsuit against…
