Specific Claims Tribunal: are they no longer experts? Canada v Williams Lake Indian Band, 2016 FCA 63
In Canada v Williams Lake Indian Band, 2016 FCA 63, the Federal Court of...
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Province’s duty to consult where joint environmental assessment
In the recent Coastal First Nations case (handed down on January 13), the B.C....
Read MoreRematriation of the remains of Cheeky, the grizzly bear
The Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance and Raincoast Conservation Foundation successfully obtained a recommendation...
Read MoreDuty 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...
Read MoreAddressing 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...
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