Trial over rights and title of Vancouver Island First Nation community enters second day in court – CHEK News
Mar. 22, 2022
A trial over the rights and title of an Indigenous community on the west coast of Vancouver Island is entering its second day in court.
The Nuchatlaht Nation is fighting in the BC Supreme Court for recognition of its jurisdiction over more than 200 square kilometres of Nootka Island.
Lawyer Jack Woodward began arguments on behalf of the nation yesterday, saying the legal basis for the claim is a test for Aboriginal title set out in the Supreme Court of Canada’s precedent-setting Tsilhqot’in decision in 2014.
