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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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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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New FCA decision creates dangerous loophole to the duty to consult and accommodate
A recent decision of the Federal Court of Appeal (“FCA”) has muddied the waters regarding the role of the administrative tribunals in Crown-Aboriginal consultation and effectively diminished the duty of…
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Solitary confinement and federally sentenced Indigenous women: a moment for change
Indigenous people, and especially Indigenous women, are disproportionately subject to solitary confinement in Canadian prisons, a treatment that has long-term health consequences for those subject to it. Last week, the…
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Who gets compensation for failed Aboriginal consultation?
The Supreme Court of Canada has closed the final door in the complicated saga of a B.C. logging dispute that raised questions about Aboriginal consultation, and the remedies available to…
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