Canada, Ontario and Chiefs of Ontario launch process to collaborate on enforcement and prosecution of First Nations laws newswire.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newswire.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
First Nations backing Ottawa’s plan to phase out salmon farms in the Discovery Islands feel betrayed after a court ruled in favour of aquaculture companies looking to restock fish at their sites in the region.
On Monday, Federal Court Justice Peter George Pamel said Mowi Canada West and Saltstream would suffer substantial harm if they couldn’t transfer juvenile fish into three farm sites in the area.
But Homalco Chief Darren Blaney said the companies’ win comes at the expense of wild salmon and all the First Nations dependent on the fish for food, and economic or cultural reasons.
[MON]Mowi takes the big hit in BC salmon farming decision, but Grieg and Cermaq face significant impacts intrafish.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from intrafish.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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The Chief Councillor of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation says British Columbia’s police watchdog has agreed to allow an Indigenous person to act in an advisory role during its investigation of a fatal police shooting on the weekend.
Moses Martin says the decision by the Independent Investigations Office, which could not immediately be reached for comment, is something the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation had requested.
Police watchdog to have Indigenous adviser into death in B C : First Nations chief - Medicine Hat NewsMedicine Hat News medicinehatnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from medicinehatnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.