In Canada v Williams Lake Indian Band, 2016 FCA 63, the Federal Court of Appeal set aside a 2014 ruling of the Specific Claims Tribunal, which had upheld the Williams Lake Indian Band village’s site specific claim. The Specific Claims…
The Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance and Raincoast Conservation Foundation successfully obtained a recommendation from the provincial court that the remains of Cheeky, the grizzly bear, be returned to the Kwatna, to be addressed in accordance with traditional laws. The…
In the recent Coastal First Nations case (handed down on January 13), the B.C. Supreme Court addressed the Province’s agreement to treat any NEB assessment as equivalent to an assessment under BC’s Environmental Assessment Act, S.B.C. 2002, c. 43, and…
Two Prophet River decisions relating to the “Site C” dam project – one of the BC Supreme Court and one of the Federal Court – raise issues as to when an affected First Nation may prove an Aboriginal right, prove…
On August 21, 2015, the National Energy Board announced a postponement of its oral hearings scheduled to start the following week, because Kinder Morgan’s oil price expert, Mr. Steven Kelly, was appointed to the Board. Mr. Kelly had prepared an…