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Supreme Court to take on B.C. Aboriginal title case after province appeals - The Globe and Mail

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Open this photo in gallery:The Supreme Court of Canada marks the opening of the judicial year on Oct. A hearing on the Nuchatlaht case has not yet been scheduled and likely wouldn't happen before next spring or possibly next fall. Justin Tang/The Canadian PressThe Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday agreed to hear an Aboriginal title case from British Columbia, where the provincial government is challenging the amount of land awarded to a small First Nation. In 2024, the Nuchatlaht won Canada’s second-ever declaration of Aboriginal title on Nootka Island, on the western edge of Vancouver Island. C. at the time granted title to only a small portion of the Nuchatlaht’s claim.

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