Duty to consult: Environmental Appeal Board Decision No. 2012-WAT-013(c) (Fort Nation First Nation)
The Fort Nelson First Nation appealed a decision of the BC Natural Resources Ministry...
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Addressing infringement issues in judicial reviews: Prophet River First Nation
Two Prophet River decisions relating to the “Site C” dam project – one of...
Read MoreDuty to consult: Hamlet of Clyde River v TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. ASA (TGS)
Clyde River, an Inuit hamlet, applied for judicial review of a decision by the...
Read MoreDuty to consult: Ktunaxa Nation v British Columbia (Minister of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations)
The Ktunaxa Nation (“KN”) appealed a dismissal of its application for judicial review of...
Read MoreDuty to consult: Chartrand v. British Columbia (Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations)
The Chartrand case addressed the duty of the Provincial Crown to consult with the...
Read MoreInjunctions: Yahey v British Columbia
The Blueberry River First Nation sought an interlocutory injunction to prevent the B.C. government...
Read MoreDuty to consult: Yellowknives Dene First Nation v. Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development)
Fort Nelson First Nation (“FNFN”) sought judicial review of a failure of the BC...
Read MoreDuty to Consult: Yellowknives Dene First Nation v. Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development)
The Yellowknives Dene First Nation (“YDFN”) appealed the dismissal of its application for judicial...
Read MoreNo attacks on statutory decisions via Aboriginal title actions: Ominayak v. Penn West Petroleum Ltd.
The Lubicon Lake Nation filed two separate actions asserting their aboriginal rights and title...
Read MoreDuty to consult: Nunatsiavut v. Canada (Attorney General)
In relation to the Muskrat Falls generation facility, which was at Phase 5 of...
Read MoreAboriginal title and private law rights: Saik’uz First Nation and Stellat’en First Nation v. Rio TInto Alcan Inc.
The Saik’uz First Nation and Stellat’en First Nation appealed a judgment striking their action...
Read MoreDuty to consult: Buffalo River Dene Nation v. Saskatchewan (Minister of Energy and Resources)
The Buffalo River Dene Nation (“BRDN”) appealed a dismissal of its application for judicial...
Read MoreInjunctions: Haida Nation v. Canada (Fisheries and Oceans)
The Haida Nation sought an injunction to prevent the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans...
Read MoreInjunctions: Ahousaht First Nation v. Canada (Fisheries and Oceans)
Five Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations sought an injunction against a commercial roe herring fishery opening...
Read MoreDuty to Consult: Nunatsiavut v. Newfoundland and Labrador (Department of Environment and Conservation)
In 2012, Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador allowed the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric facility project...
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