Exploring Theme: "Land Claims"

Wolastoqey Nation wants certification of its title-claim lawsuit, but counsel for those affected want the court to strike down the motion John Chilibeck · Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Daily Gleaner | Posted: Dec. 8, 2023, 8:09 a.m. | Updated: Dec. 8, 2023, 8:09 a.m. | 8 Min Read NationTalk: SALTWIRE – SAINT JOHN, N.B. —...

Lawyer, Wolastoqey chief maintain assertion by premier is false CBC News: Premier Blaine Higgs and his government are doubling down on their stance that an Aboriginal title claim for roughly half of New Brunswick could impact properties owned by smaller landowners, despite insistence by the claim’s proponents that that’s not what they’re after. The province filed a motion in...

Indigenous peoples in province did not surrender title to land through treaties, says Bruce McIvor First Peoples Law Report: Canadian Lawyer – Last week, the Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn Inc. (MTI), a group of eight Mi’kmaq communities in New Brunswick, circulated a map identifying the lands to which they say the Mi’kmaq Nation holds title, and over...

N.B. Power embarking on project to keep dam operating until 2068 CBC: Wolastoqey chiefs in New Brunswick say a land title claim they filed is being used as justification for N.B. Power providing less compensation to their communities over a massive planned upgrade to the Mactaquac dam and generating station. The narrowing of negotiating terms signals a step back...

APTN- The chiefs of Wolastoqey Nation have added to their lawsuit against the province of New Brunswick, this time adding a number of corporations for conducting business on their territory without consent…the chiefs said that the corporations operate on “20 percent of the more than five million hectares identified in the claim as the traditional...

Government of New Brunswick – GNB new policy on territorial land acknowledgment which forbids GNB staff from issuing territorial or title acknowledgments, is purported to be in partial response to the Wolastoqey title claim. We were forced to file a title claim because our rights continue to be ignored by GNB. Now, in response to...

NationTalk – The six Wolastoqey Communities in New Brunswick – Matawaskiye (Madawaska), Neqotkuk (Tobique), Wotstak (Woodstock), Pilick (Kingsclear), Sitansisk (St. Mary’s) and Welamukotuk (Oromocto) – announced they will be filing a lawsuit seeking the Court’s recognition of the Wolastoqey Nation’s title to lands in New Brunswick. Between 1725 and 1778, the Wolastoqey Nation negotiated and...