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B.C. court rules against territorial land claim in case likely headed for appeal
By: James Keller, The Canadian Press
VANCOUVER – The Supreme Court of Canada appears destined to once again wade into the contentious issue of aboriginal land claims after a British Columbia court rejected a First Nation’s demand for title over part of its traditional territory.
The ruling, released Wednesday by the B.C. Court of Appeal, upheld an earlier judgment that granted the Tsilhqot’in First Nation sweeping rights to hunt, trap and trade in over 440,000 hectares of land in British Columbia’s central Interior.
But the three-member appeal panel also agreed with a lower court that the Tsilhqot’in was not entitled to aboriginal title over the land, because the nation was claiming ownership over a broad territory, rather than identifying specific sites where its people once lived.
Read more: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/bc-first-nation-has-no-right-to-title-on-land-but-can-still-hunt-appeal-court-160562055.html
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