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B.C. heads to court over pipeline jurisdiction as builder says doubt warranted – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Apr 18, 2018 By Dirk Meissner THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA _ British Columbia has announced it will head to court by month end to clarify the province’s jurisdiction over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. Also Wednesday, the CEO of the pipeline’s builder, Kinder Morgan said the events of recent days have reinforced […]
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Pipeline protesters including Green leader should face criminal charges: judge – APTN News
April 10, 2018 VANCOUVER _ A B.C. Supreme Court judge says the Crown should consider laying criminal contempt of court charges against Green party Leader Elizabeth May and dozens of other demonstrators alleged to have violated a pipeline court injunction. May, New Democrat MP Kennedy Stewart, and others arrested last month are currently charged with […]
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B.C. fish farm restocks supply following Federal Court’s ‘heartbreaking’ ruling – APTN News
March 28, 2018 Just days after the Federal Court turned down the ‘Namgis First Nation’s bid to prevent the restocking of Swanson Island fish farm, a restocking vessel began filling the open-net pens with juvenile Atlantic salmon, known as smolts, on Monday. The ‘Namgis First Nation filed for an injunction against Marine Harvest, the world’s […]
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‘Namgis bid to prevent fish farm restocking denied – My Comoxvalley Now
ALERT BAY, B.C.-The ‘Namgis First Nation has lost its bid to keep Marine Harvest from restocking a salmon farm near Alert Bay. The nation had applied for a federal court injunction to prevent the company from doing so, but reports say that application has been denied. The band is concerned with the effect fish farming […]
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B.C. First Nation in federal court in bid to halt fish farm restocking – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Mar 13, 2018 VICTORIA _ A First Nation is asking the Federal Court to prevent the restocking of an open-net salmon farm in its traditional territories off northern Vancouver Island. The Namgis First Nation of Alert Bay says prior to any fish transfer to an open-net pen at nearby Swanson Island, the Atlantic […]
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Supreme Court rules tribunal can address pre-Confederation Indigenous grievances – The Globe and Mail
February 2, 2018 A tribunal set up to consider the historical grievances of Indigenous peoples can hold the Canadian government legally responsible for pre-Confederation acts of colonial governments, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday morning. The court made the ruling in resolving a grievance older than Canada, deciding that the Colony of British Columbia […]
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Supreme Court sides with B.C. First Nation in ancestral land dispute – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Feb 2, 2018 10:39 OTTAWA _ The Supreme Court of Canada has sided with a British Columbia First Nation in a dispute over its traditional lands. In a split decision released Friday, the high court restored a tribunal ruling in favour of the Williams Lake Indian Band, which had argued the pre-Confederation colony of British Columbia failed to protect […]
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MNBC addressing the urgent issue of the high number of Indigenous children in government care.
MNBC addressing the urgent issue of the high number of Indigenous children in government care. January 27th, 2018 Métis Nation British Columbia and BC Provincial Government full participants at Emergency Meeting in Ottawa addressing the urgent issue of the high number of Indigenous children in government care. Métis Nation British Columbia and the Métis Nation […]
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Indigenous court no “get of of jail free card” – Prince George Citizen
January 25, 2018 A new kind of legal proceeding aimed at reducing the number of indigenous people revolving through the criminal justice system is coming to Prince George, and one of its biggest proponents wants to make one thing perfectly clear. “It’s not a simple get out of jail free card like some people may […]
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First Nations court smart move – Prince George Citizen
January 24, 2018 Last year, PBS aired an insightful documentary called Tribal Justice, which followed two female Native American judges working in collaboration with the California legal system to use more traditional ways to deal with Indigenous offenders. For those wanting an understanding of how the First Nations court opening in Prince George in March […]
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