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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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Sipekne’katik First Nation granted a temporary adjournment to allow for mediation with the Crown
HALIFAX, NS, June 24, 2024 – A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has granted a joint request from the Sipekne’katik First Nation and the Attorney General of Canada to adjourn trial dates that would have aimed to settle treaty fishing rights disputes. The court has decided to give the involved parties until December 12, 2024, to […]
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Statement from Nunatsiavut Government on Yvonne Jones Comments regarding the federal court decision
June 14, 2024 The Nunatsiavut Government is deeply concerned by the inaccurate comments made on social media by Liberal Member of Parliament Yvonne Jones regarding the federal court decision involving the Nunatukavut Community Council in which she states that the court’s decision “defines and recognizes the right” of the Nunatukavut Community Council (NCC). We wish […]
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Statement from the Nunatsiavut Government on Recent Federal Court Decision Involving the Nunatukavut Community Council
June 13, 2024 Inuit across Canada, represented by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, including the Nunatsiavut Government, along with the Innu Nation and the Assembly of First Nations, stand united in stating that Nunatukavut Community Council (NCC) members are not Inuit and do not have S.35 Indigenous rights. We are pleased that the court was very explicit […]
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NunatuKavut Community Council celebrates after court dismisses Innu Nation challenge to federal agreement – CBC
Jun 13, 2024 Judge says MOU doesn’t recognize NunatuKavut Community Council as having Indigenous rights NunatuKavut Community Council is celebrating a victory after a judge dismissed a challenge to have an agreement it signed with the federal government thrown out. On Wednesday, Judge Cecily Y. Strickland rejected the Innu Nation’s application for judicial review of a […]
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