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Posted: Jan 19, 2021 5:58 AM ET | Last Updated: January 19
Lake Nipissing commercial fisherman Lorne Stevens holds up the fin of a pickerel. He is part of a group claiming Nipissing First Nation does not have the legal authority to infringe on their Indigenous rights. (Erik White/CBC)
A trial underway this week could have far reaching implications for the Indigenous people of northern Ontario and across Canada.
The defence is arguing that no governments, not even First Nation chiefs and councils, can legally control hunting and fishing around Lake Nipissing.
There are 54 people on trial in a virtual courtroom based in North Bay, charged with violating Ontario s hunting and fishing laws, as well as the commercial fishing laws of Nipissing First Nation.
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John McFadden, Local Journalism Initiative
The chief of Nipissing First Nation says he has high hopes for 2021 for his territory and the people he represents.
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Like everyone else, Chief Scott McLeod wants to see the global COVID-19 pandemic come under control in the new year. And he also is looking forward to seeing how the Liberal government might roll out the measures contained in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).