The Fort Nelson First Nation appealed a decision of the BC Natural Resources Ministry to grant Nexen Inc. (“Nexen”) a long-term water license under the Water Act. The water license allowed Nexen to divert millions of cubic meters of water…
Clyde River, an Inuit hamlet, applied for judicial review of a decision by the National Energy Board (the “Decision”) authorizing an offshore seismic survey program in the Baffin Bay and the Davis Strait (the “Project”). The people of Clyde River…
The Ktunaxa Nation (“KN”) appealed a dismissal of its application for judicial review of a decision by the Minister of Forests, Lands and National Resource Operations’ (the “Minister”) to approve a Master Development Agreement (“MDA”) with Glacier Resorts Ltd. (“Glacier”).…
The Chartrand case addressed the duty of the Provincial Crown to consult with the Kwakiutl First Nation (“KFN”) [phonetic: Kwog-you-tul], where KFN’s predecessors had signed treaties (the “KFN Treaties”) which surrendered a portion of the coastline of Vancouver Island, extending…
The Blueberry River First Nation sought an interlocutory injunction to prevent the B.C. government from auctioning fifteen timber sale licenses. The Nation asserted the cumulative effects of industrial development had made or would soon make it impossible for the Nation…