Exploring Theme: "Court Cases"

NationTalk: The Indigenous Bar Association in Canada (IBA) applauds the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta’s recent decision in Anderson v. Alberta, 2024 ABKB 524, granting the Beaver Lake Cree Nation advance costs to support its Treaty infringement litigation against Canada. This decision affirms that First Nations must have access to the resources necessary to...

Baptist pastor charged with possessing child pornography claimed Métis status based on great-great-grandparent WARNING: This story contains details of child sexual exploitation and pornography. CBC News: After he was charged with possessing child pornography, Nathan Allen Joseph Legault discovered a figure from his past he hoped might help with his future. The Prince Rupert, B.C., man...

NationTalk: The Métis National Council is deeply disappointed by the unescorted temporary release (UTR) of Roger Bilodeau despite the many of objections of the victims’ families, and community. Bilodeau was convicted of manslaughter 2020 for the shooting deaths of two Métis men, Jacob Sansom and Morris Cardinal. The MNC adds our voice in supporting the...

The Globe and Mail: A First Nation has filed a lawsuit against the Alberta government claiming Premier Danielle Smith’s Sovereignty Act violates the constitutionally recognized treaty rights of its members as it asks a court to strike it down. The Onion Lake Cree Nation, which is located on the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary, filed a statement of claim on Monday,...

Edmonton Journal – Bradley Barton convicted of manslaughter in his second trial for killing Cindy Gladue in an Edmonton hotel room in 2011. Unlike in his first trail, the repeated references to Cindy Gladue as a native girl, a native woman and a prostitute were not allowed since they promoted “discriminatory beliefs or biases about...

Background Context – Assembly of First Nations – AFN was an intervenor in Supreme Court R vs Barton 2019 SCC 33 in support of justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and for more respectful treatment of Indigenous women in the justice system. Bradley Barton was charged with first-degree murder in the death...