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August 26, 2024


Manitoba Métis leader wins battle over fishing ticket as charge is stayed

APTN News: The Canadian Press – The Crown has stayed proceedings against Manitoba Métis Federation President David Chartrand, who was given a ticket alleging he was fishing without a licence. Chartrand was given the ticket on a lake near the northern community of Cranberry Portage on June 30 and was accused of angling outside of...

July 21, 2024


Flooding caused by failed muskrat management project in 1940s destroyed Manitoba First Nation’s lands: lawsuit

Kinonjeoshtegon First Nation accuses provincial government of turning much of its lands to ‘unusable muskeg’  CBC Indigenous: A First Nation along the western shores of Lake Winnipeg is suing the provincial government after it alleges flooding caused by a dam over 80 years ago “effectively confiscated” a chunk of its land. Kinonjeoshtegon First Nation accuses...