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North West Co. denies claims made in potential lawsuit – Nunatsiaq News
Feb 20, 2025 Group asks Manitoba court to certify class action lawsuit The North West Co. has been accused of misusing federal subsidies that were supposed to bring down grocery prices in the North, which the company says isn’t true. Last week, lawyers representing multiple current and former residents of Nunavut filed documents in Manitoba’s […]
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Two Nunavut mothers outline issues with Family Services’ foster system – CBC
Jan 29, 2025 Mothers say they want answers about what their children went through Two mothers from the same Nunavut community say the Department of Family Services have been rude and disrespectful to them. Lily and Sophia, whose names have been changed for this story to protect the identities of their children, both told CBC News […]
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Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories Confirms Sahtú Communities Can Manage the Harvesting of Wildlife in Their Territory
January 20, 2025 The Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories (the “Court of Appeal”) recently released a decision that confirms that communities in the Sahtú are empowered by their modern treaty to manage the conservation and harvest of wildlife – including caribou – in their own local areas. OKT represented the Sahtú community of […]
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Lawyer says N.W.T. Court of Appeal decision on Colville Lake caribou plans follows trend – CBC
Jan 13, 2025 Legal experts say it’s unlikely case will go to the Supreme Court A constitutional lawyer said a recent court of appeal decision on Colville Lake, N.W.T.’s caribou conservation plan is following a trend in Canadian courts. The N.W.T. Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by the territorial government, ruling that Colville Lake essentially had stewardship […]
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Court approves $55M increase for Victoria Gold receivership – CBC
Dec 13, 2024 Judge Barbara Conway signed off on an ‘amended and restarted’ receivership order Dec. 9 An Ontario judge has approved a $55-million increase to the Victoria Gold receivership budget, the first additional cash injection since firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) took over the company’s affairs following the heap leach failure at its Yukon mine. Ontario […]
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Failure of reconciliation’: First Nations slam Yukon gov’t for taking assessment board to court – CBC
Nov 29, 2024 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun defended YESAB recommendation against exploration project Two Yukon First Nations slammed the territorial government in court Thursday for taking legal action after an assessment office recommended against a mineral exploration project in the Peel watershed. Lawyers representing Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in (TH) and the First Nation […]
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United Delegation of Dene Leaders on Special Chiefs’ Assembly – Long-term Reform of The First Nations Child and Family Services (FNCFS) Program
[YELLOWKNIFE, DENENDEH – NOVEMBER 7, 2024] The Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly on Child Welfare and Long-Term Reform was hosted on October 15th-18th, 2024, along with Indigenous leaders representing First Nations across Canada. The Dene Nation brought a large delegation to advocate for fair and equitable inclusion of the Northwest Territories (NWT) and […]
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GN appeals NTI’s language of instruction litigation to the Supreme Court
Iqaluit, Nunavut – The Government of Nunavut (GN) has sought leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada against the August 28, 2024, decision of the Nunavut Court of Appeal. The decision rejected the GN’s motion to strike Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated’s (NTI) litigation demanding Inuit language of instruction. As directed by the Legislative Assembly […]
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SCO Calls on Government to Honour Legal Obligations and Create Commission of Investigations into Children’s Death
October 30, 2024 ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB —The Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) commends the Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites on her final report, released at a two day National Gathering in Gatineau, Quebec. The report calls for legal obligations to be honoured, the implementation of Indigenous laws […]
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I just started crying’: Appeal of Inuit language education lawsuit struck down – CBC
Aug 30, 2024 The Nunavut Court of Appeal struck the government of Nunavut’s latest appeal involving a lawsuit brought forward by Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) and two representative plaintiffs. Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-nti-gn-inuktut-lawsuit-1.7309275
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