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Abegweit First Nations man pleads not guilty after cigarette bust, citing treaty rights – CBC
April 9, 2025 John Bernard argues he should be able to earn a moderate livelihood selling cigarettes A man from the Abegweit First Nation who had unstamped tobacco seized from his car has pleaded not guilty to the charges on the grounds he has the treaty right to sell cigarettes without paying taxes to the […]
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Mi’kmaw man gets house arrest after failing to argue ‘aboriginal right to traffic in cannabis’ – National Post
Apr 06, 2025 Darren Charles Marshall argued ‘that he was exercising a treaty or aboriginal right to traffic in cannabis,’ but the judge said ‘there was no foundation to support such a conclusion.’ In a Nova Scotia first, a judge has sentenced a Mi’kmaw man to three months of house arrest for running a roadside […]
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Nova Scotia judge given reprimand, agrees to treatment after review of complaints – APTN News
Mar 28, 2025 Made inappropriate comments about Indigenous offenders and treated defence attorney poorly. A Nova Scotia provincial court judge has been sanctioned for his conduct on the bench, with a review committee concluding that undiagnosed mental health issues were a factor in his behaviour. Judge Alain Bégin was investigated for his conduct in three […]
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USA: Chilling verdict against Greenpeace sets damaging precedent for protection and promotion of human rights and climate justice
March 20, 2025 In response to a U.S. jury in North Dakota ordering Greenpeace to pay at least $660m to the fossil fuel company Energy Transfer, having found the organization responsible for defamation and the actions of protesters opposed to the Dakota Access pipeline in 2016 and 2017, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said: […]
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Honourable James Igloliorte Resumes Role as Chair of Inquiry into the Treatment, Experiences and Outcomes of Innu in the Child Protection System
January 31, 2025 The following is a joint statement from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Innu Nation: The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Innu Nation today announced that retired Provincial Court Judge James Igloliorte is resuming his role as Chair of the Inquiry Panel for the Commission of Inquiry into […]
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Attorney general in New Brunswick asks First Nations to pause legal fight – APTN News
Nov 19, 2024 New Brunswick’s attorney general says he’s calling off the lawyers who were hired by the provincial government to fight Aboriginal title claims in court. Fulfilling a promise made by the Liberals during the election campaign, Rob McKee announced in a news release on Monday his office had instructed lawyers representing the provincial […]
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Opponents tell court Bay du Nord was unlawfully approved – National Observer
November 19 2024 Opponents of Canada’s first deepwater oil project are urging the Federal Court of Appeal to overturn its approval, claiming it was unlawfully sanctioned and sets a harmful precedent for future offshore projects. On Monday, lawyers on behalf of Sierra Club Canada and Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn Incorporated (MTI) — a group representing eight Mi’gmaq […]
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Update on title claim court case
18 November 2024 FREDERICTON (GNB) – The provincial government provided an update today on the Wolastoqey title claim. The Court of King’s Bench issued a decision last week on some preliminary motions in the case. “The court’s decision was helpful in reminding us that Aboriginal title is primarily about reconciliation,” said Justice Minister and Attorney […]
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Court won’t overturn decision to cut quota from N.S., N.B. elver licence holders – Maharlika News
November 19 2024 Three judges have delivered another blow to beleaguered commercial groups that fish for lucrative juvenile eels in the Maritimes, agreeing with a lower court ruling that upheld Ottawa’s 2022 decision to transfer a portion of their quota to First Nations without compensation. DFO says it wants to ‘broaden the distribution of the […]
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Nova Scotia group wants a court to declare a First Nation’s lobster fishery illegal – Global News
August 23, 2024 A commercial lobster fishing group in southwestern Nova Scotia is seeking a court to have a lobster fishery run by a First Nations community declared illegal. The United Fisheries Conservation Alliance says it also wants the court to define the scope and limits that should apply to a fishery operated by the […]
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