This week’s edition includes a tribunal inquiry, renewable energy, treaty land entitlement, DRIPA and more.
IN THE NEWS
National news featured Bill S-2 and a residential schools tribunal inquiry
Feds lose bid for court extension of Nicholas ruling | iPolitics*
International tribunal begins investigation into missing Indigenous children and unmarked burials | CBC News
Renewable energy was the top story in the Maritimes
Atlantic chiefs call for Indigenous collaboration on offshore wind farm development | CBC News
Ontario headlines featured pushback on a major project and an energy partnership
First Nations push back on fast-tracking Bruce Power project | London Free Press
Hydro One and area First Nations 'build trust' with historic 50/50 energy deal | SarniaNewsToday
A First Nations status proposal and a mineral rights transfer were front and center in Saskatchewan
Largest First Nation in Sask. asks Ottawa to pass one-parent law | APTN News
Mineral rights transfer to three First Nations approved | MooseJawToday.com
In Alberta, separation and a treaty rights lawsuit topped the headlines
Alberta pushing ahead with referendum question on separation | APTN News
Mikisew Cree Nation sues Alberta and Canada | APTN News
Healthcare made the news in the Yukon
Yukon gov’t pauses plan to repeal Health Authority Act | APTN News
DRIPA, climate change, and disinformation on Aboriginal title made headlines in BC
Supreme Court to hear appeal on UNDRIP’s reach in domestic law | CBA National
syilx leader calls drought forecast ‘worrisome' | IndigiNews
B.C. First Nation decries fake letter being distributed to property owners | CTV News
FROM THE COURTS
The Alberta Court of King’s Bench has rejected a potential separation referendum petition
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation v Alberta (Chief Electoral Officer), 2026 ABKB 375
Judge overturns Elections Alberta’s approval of separation referendum petition | CBC News
The Manitoba Court of King’s Bench weighed in on Aboriginal rights and self-government
Chief Heidi Cook et al. v. The Government of Manitoba et al., 2026 MBKB 65
Federal, Manitoba governments breached First Nations' child welfare rights, judge says in 'historic' decision | CBC News
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FPL IN THE NEWS
First Peoples Law’s Patricia Lawrence was recently interviewed by CBA National about Bill S-2, proposed federal legislation intended to address issues arising from the Indian Act’s second-generation cut-off
The never-ending effort to expand First Nation status | CBA National
First Peoples Law’s Bruce McIvor was recently interviewed by CTV News and CBC on federal litigation directives and the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to hear an appeal on DRIPA
‘Federal lawyers were hamstrung’: Conservatives target policy on Indigenous land claims | CTV News
The Early Edition: Supreme court to hear province's appeal of DRIPA court case | CBC Listen
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
We will not be idle. The Confederacy will continue this battle in unity with all Treaty No. 7 and No. 8 Nations. Treaty is forever.
- Grand Chief Joey Pete, Confederacy of Treaty No. 6 First Nations
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
The earth cannot do without bacteria, mosquitoes, bees, and other such small beings, but it can do without us and thrive. This should humble us. We should stop calling ourselves the top of the food chain, the top of the life forms.
Lee Maracle, My Conversations with Canadians (2017)
