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Aboriginal title can be declared over privately-owned land
Friday, November 15, 2024
The six Wolastoqey Nations in New Brunswick recently received a precedent-setting decision in their Aboriginal title claim. In Wolastoqey Nations v New Brunswick…
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First Nations win major child welfare case
First Nations across Canada won a groundbreaking human rights case today. It held that the federal government has been discriminating against First Nations people by underfunding child welfare on reserves.…
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BC Court holds that Province cannot off-load its Duty to Consult for Environmental Approvals
The British Columbia Supreme Court released its decision in Coastal First Nations v. British Columbia (Environment)[1] yesterday. The petitioners, Coastal First Nations ("CFN"), an organization representing 9 B.C. First Nations,…
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The doctrine of discovery on First Nations podcast
Last month, I had a very nice conversation with First Nations Podcast about the doctrine of discovery, and what repudiating it might mean for Canada, and the relationship between Indigenous…
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OKT welcomes Cathy, Matt, Senwung and Oliver to the Partnership
Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP is proud to announce the admission of four of OKT’s associates into the partnership.
We are delighted to welcome these outstanding lawyers as partners. They have…
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OKT's Jeremiah Raining Bird Featured in Precedent
When OKT Associate Jeremiah Raining Bird isn’t busy practising law, he can be found gracing the cover of Precedent: The New Rules of Law and Style. Jeremiah’s story is…
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Ditching the doctrine of discovery (and what that means for Canadian law)
On May 1, 2016, the Long March to Rome is scheduled to arrive at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican to formally ask that Pope Francis rescind…
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