This week’s edition includes emergency management, watershed protection, judicial reviews, Land Back and more.
IN THE NEWS
National news featured child welfare and wildfire impacts
Ottawa calls on Tribunal to pause child welfare case | APTN News
Canada’s wildfire season is taking a heavy toll on First Nations | Grist
An Aboriginal title case, protected areas, emergency management, wildlife management topped the news in BC
A year after Cowichan land decision, parties are readying appeals | Vancouver Sun
Lower Similkameen Indian Band wants B.C. to pause new mining claims in Ashnola watershed | CBC News
B.C.'s response to fires ‘gobsmacking’: First Nations advocate | APTN News
How First Nations are bringing Chinook salmon back to the Arrow Lakes | Nelson Star
Híɫzaqv defend their waters from invading European green crabs | Indiginews
In the Yukon, child welfare topped the headlines
Yukon committee calls for urgent action following child welfare audit | APTN News
Judicial reviews and environmental protection were front and centre in Alberta
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation wins first victory against AI data centre | APTN News
Judge cites legal notice issue, dismisses First Nation’s challenge against Alberta’s oilsands cleanup program | CBC News
Watershed protection and a major corridor project took the spotlight in the North
Water is Sacred; Water Mergers Are Reckless | Watershed Sentinel
Consensus reached on proposed corridor for road connecting Nunavut and N.W.T. | CBC News
The 150th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 6 was the top story in the Prairies
It's the 150th anniversary of Treaty 6. Here's how to mark the event in Alberta and Sask. | CBC News
The Ring of Fire and Land Back topped the news in Ontario
First Nations group wants court to overturn Ring of Fire road approval | Timmins Today
Saugeen Ojibway Nation to fight Canada over land-back remedy | Chek News
Nunatsiavut news included climate change adaptation
‘Foundational instability’: As permafrost thaws, Nunainguk’s ground is shifting beneath its residents’ feet | Indiginews
FROM THE COURTS
The Court of King’s Bench of Alberta dismissed an application to strike a judicial review on water licenses and consultation.
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation v Alberta (Minister of Indigenous Relations), 2026 ABKB 569 | CanLII
O’Leary Loses, First Nation Wins its Call to Review Data Centre Water Permits | The Energy Mix
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
‘As long as the grass grows and the rivers flow’ are words taken directly from Treaties 8 and 11...These words are not symbolic. They are promises. They are law.
- Gerry Cheezie, Elder and Former Chief, Smith’s Landing First Nation
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
I don't want to talk about reconciliation. I want to talk about rights.
- Tanya Talaga, All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward (2018)
