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The facts and the law support Aboriginal title – Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick
March 14, 2025 The Telegraph-Journal published an opinion piece by Chief Patricia Bernard on March 14, 2025. You can read the full article by clicking here. The Telegraph-Journal has published several op-ed pieces by retired judge Joseph Robertson, a critic of the Wolastoqey Nation’s Aboriginal title claim. His opinions misrepresent the relevant law in our […]
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Lawyers Appointed to the King’s Counsel
Thirteen accomplished Nova Scotian lawyers are being recognized with the distinguished King’s counsel designation. Attorney General and Justice Minister Becky Druhan announced the appointments today, February 5. “I offer my sincere congratulations to this deserving group of outstanding lawyers,” said Minister Druhan. “This honour recognizes their significant and commendable contributions to our province’s justice system […]
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In Brief: Wolastoqey Nations v. New Brunswick and Canada – First Peoples Law
January 23, 2025 What it’s about A New Brunswick Court confirmed that Aboriginal title can include privately owned land, and that the Crown could be required to use its expropriation powers to return private lands to Indigenous groups. What happened In 2021, the Wolastoqey Nations filed a claim for a declaration of Aboriginal title to […]
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New category of complaint aimed at helping RCMP track discrimination by officers -CBC
Nov 12, 2024 CBC found more than 50 allegations — categorized as improper attitude — in 8 years of N.B. data Police and Public Trust, a project of the CBC News Atlantic investigative unit, scrutinizes the largely off-limits police complaint and discipline systems across the region. Journalists are using access to information laws and, in […]
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Meet Jolene Ashini: Soon to be the first Labrador Innu lawyer in N.L. – The Peterborough Examiner
January 15, 2024 Jolene Ashini – Contributed Jolene Ashini will soon be the first Labrador Innu person to be called to the bar in Newfoundland and Labrador. Ashini currently lives in Ontario where she completed her education and will soon be called to the bar in Ontario. Following this, she will begin her application to […]
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Mi’kmaw lawyer accuses Blaine Higgs of fearmongering and ‘deeply racist attitude’ – CBC
Aug 29, 2023 Pamela Palmater says N.B. premier’s move to rework Wolastoqey title claim misrepresents the law A Mi’kmaw legal scholar says New Brunswick’s attempt to get a court to throw out sections of an Aboriginal title claim is just another example of Premier Blaine Higgs’s fearmongering and “deeply racist attitude towards First Nations.” Six […]
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Madawaska First Nation Wins Casino Revenue Sharing Case – OKT
Madawaska First Nation is celebrating a win in its legal challenge of New Brunswick’s refusal to share casino revenue with the First Nation. The New Brunswick Court of Appeal released its decision, found here, ruling in favour of Madawaska First Nation’s challenge of New Brunswick’s decision to deprive the First Nation of casino revenues. In […]
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The Wolastoqey title claim in N.B., a centuries-old issue and the honourable solution – IRPP
New Brunswick never signed a land-sharing treaty and is in violation of laws governing compensation. It’s time for a resource revenue-sharing agreement. July 27, 2022 In New Brunswick, a Mi’kmaw title claim by the Wolastoqey Nations is underpinned by a simple truth: the Mi’kmaw Nation of New Brunswick was unfairly dispossessed from its traditional territory […]
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NS Government: Lawyers Appointed to the Queen’s Counsel
February 16, 2022 Nine of the province’s lawyers are being awarded the prestigious Queen’s counsel (QC) designation. The QC designation is awarded annually to members of the legal profession to recognize exceptional merit and outstanding contributions to the legal community. “Each one of these individuals is deserving of the honour of the Queen’s counsel title, […]
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It touches my heart’: Mi’kmaw lawyer called to the bar in historic ceremony, believed to be 1st for P.E.I. – CBC
Aug 25, 2021 ‘I felt accepted, I felt happy, I felt delighted to put on the ribbon shirt’ Michael Sima is officially a practising lawyer on Prince Edward Island and he’s believed to be the first Indigenous person openly identified to be called to the bar on the Island. Sima, who is Mi’kmaw, has been working as an […]
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