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$10M deal gives Winnipeg developer control of land from First Nation he advised – CBC
Nov 20, 2025 Peguis questions decision to sell 90% of parcel First Nation acquired with cash compensation for lost land A former golf course north of Winnipeg purchased with money Peguis First Nation received as reparation for broken treaty promises is now mostly in the hands of a property developer who used to advise the […]
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Salt marsh on Dorchester Cape to be protected by First Nation – CBC
Nov 14, 2025 Land deemed valuable for its climate role and sacred medicine Some healthy marshland on Dorchester Cape, near the confluence of the Petitcodiac and Memramcook rivers, is being turned over to Fort Folly First Nation, or Amlamgog, for protection and conservation. “The more we can now protect … the better we as a […]
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Budget 2025: Canada Fails to Fulfil Duties To Resolve Specific Claims
November 12, 2025 (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.)) The Union of BC Indian Chiefs BC Specific Claims Working Group (BCSCWG) is deeply concerned about Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Budget 2025, released November 4, which pushes aside Canada’s legal responsibility to resolve First Nations’ historical claims in favour of a regressive, ill-informed, and hasty […]
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Indigenous owners ‘very much’ ready to defend property sold by Norfolk Country due to unpaid taxes – Simcoe Reformer
Nov 11, 2025 The new owners of 39 acres of Norfolk County farmland could soon be introduced to the complicated world of Indigenous land claims. The property at 1594 Concession 2 Townsend sold for $410,800 at a tax sale in Simcoe on Wednesday, Nov. 5. The land at the southern border of the Six Nations […]
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The Indigenous land claim that could override private property rights – The Globe and Mail
A precedent-setting ruling involving Aboriginal title at the B.C. Supreme Court has caused widespread uncertainty and tension in the province. In August, Justice Barbara Young decided that Cowichan First Nation had title to roughly 800 acres in the city of Richmond – including private property. The ruling has raised questions over both residential and commercial […]
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The approaching final investment decision on the PRGT pipeline brings concerns about the risk of aggressions against land defenders – PBI
November 10, 2025 A spokesperson for Texas-based Western LNG recently stated they are aiming to make a final investment decision (FID) on the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline by the end of this year that they would be starting construction on it in northern British Columbia soon thereafter. Last year, The Narwhal reported: “After […]
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McInnis adds voice in call for pause on Aboriginal Title Deals – E-Know
November 7, 2025 Conservative Leader and Critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation John Rustad, together with Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA and Deputy Critic Scott McInnis, are calling on Premier David Eby to immediately pause all negotiated Aboriginal-title agreements until the Cowichan Tribes v. Canada ruling is resolved. “The Premier is negotiating Aboriginal title in a government-to-government framework, while admitting […]
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Neskantaga and Attawapiskat land defenders building village to protect sacred sites and block road construction to Ring of Fire mine in Ontario – PBI Canada
November 6, 2025 On October 29, The Toronto Star reported: “Premier Doug Ford says he is ramping up plans to mine critical minerals in Ontario’s environmentally sensitive Ring of Fire after reaching a $39.5 million road-building partnership with … Webequie First Nation Chief Cornelius Wabasse [for] the proposed all-season Webequie Supply Road…” At the time of […]
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‘Now or never’ for Ontario First Nations to stand up to resource extraction bills – Ricochet Media
Legal experts warn that laws are undemocratic and unconstitutional, while leaders across the north call for a united front to defend their lands and sovereignty November 6 2025 Even as First Nations leaders across Ontario’s far north demand to meet with Canada and Ontario over new laws that enable lawless resource development in their territory, […]
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Cloud’ of tension between Aboriginal title and private property ownership lands in B.C. – CBC
Nov 05, 2025 Confusion over implications of precedent-setting B.C. court decision follows decades of ambiguity Decades ago one of B.C.’s top judges described the tension between the concept of Aboriginal title and the reality of private property ownership in British Columbia as a “cloud.” Once on the “far horizon,” then-B.C. Appeal Court Justice Mary Southin […]
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