Indian Act Rules on Status Declared Discriminatory: The Abenaki Win a Historic Victory
Press Releases Wôlinak, Québec, August 6, 2015 – The discrimination based on gender that Indian woman and their descendants suffered from in the past concerning registration (“Indian status”) has continued…
Enbridge Court Argument Claiming Aboriginal Support “Delusional” say First Nations leaders
Press Releases July 20, 2015 ~ Leaders Emphasize First Nations opposition to Northern Gateway is broad and deep ~ Vancouver, Coast Salish Territory – (July 20, 2015) – First Nations…
Fort Nelson First Nation wins legal challenge: Province’s attempt to avoid environmental assessment for major frack sand mine overturned
Press Releases FORT NELSON, BC, July 13, 2015– The first frack sand mine proposed for FNFN territory is now on hold because the BC Supreme Court found that the Province…
Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nations Puts Government of Canada and the Quebec and Ontario Governments on Notice
KITIGAN ZIBI ANISHINABEG FIRST NATION, QUEBEC – Oct. 7, 2014 – The Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation community Chief and Band Council put Canada, Quebec and Ontario on Notice on…
MLI authors chart a path for co-operation following Supreme Court rulings on Aboriginal rights
Press Release – The Tsilhqot’in and Grassy Narrows decisions have changed the game when it comes to engaging Aboriginals in resource development, but a new MLI report finds the impact…
Tsilhqot’in Nation and Province begin redressing the past and addressing Tsilhqot’in Title
Press Release – For Immediate Release2014PREM0079-001306September 4, 2014 Office of the PremierMinistry of Aboriginal Relations and ReconciliationTsilhqot’in National Government VANCOUVER – Premier Christy Clark, Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister John…
KWG’s Canada Chrome Corporation To Seek Leave To Appeal Divisional Court Decision
Press Release – Toronto, Canada, August 13, 2014 KWG Resources Inc. (TSXV: KWG; Frankfurt: KW6)subsidiary Canada Chrome Corporation (“CCC”) has served notice of its intention to seek an Order of the Court…
Aboriginal rights of the Innu in Labrador: the real Aboriginal title rights-holders call on IOC to sign an agreement
UASHAT MAK MANI-UTENAM, Nitassinan, Aug. 1, 2014 – The Uashat mak Mani-utenam and Matimekush-Lac John Innu First Nations call on the Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) to come to…
Nunavut Community Groups Mount Legal Challenge Against Seismic Testing
Press Release – Clyde River, NU, July 28, 2014 – Community groups from the small Nunavut town of Clyde River filed an application today at the Federal Court of Appeal…
Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation receives Quebec Superior Court decision on the 1969 Power Contract
Press Release – July 25, 2014, St. John’s, NL – Yesterday afternoon, Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation (CF(L)Co) received the judgment from the Quebec Superior Court on the motion it filed…
