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Sara Mainville Advocates for Ethical Legal Fee Arrangements – JFK Law LLP
July 3, 2025 JFK Law LLP is proud to share that our Managing Partner, Sara Mainville, is featured in an interview with Canada’s National Observer. In the article, Mainville sheds light on exploitative practices used in legal fee arrangements with First Nations. A recent court decision by the King’s Bench of Saskatchewan found that legal […]
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Key Legal Considerations for Saskatchewan Indigenous Nations and their Operating Entities
This seminar is specifically designed for leaders of Indigenous Nations and their associated entities. The full-day session will provide an exploration of pertinent topics related to Indigenous governance, including law making and enforcement, privacy, access to information, child and family services and labour and employment. The topics presented at the session will offer practical guidance […]
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Supreme Court finds Saskatchewan Métis challenge not an abuse of process – CBA National Magazine
Observers say the decision puts meat on the bones around the duty of the Crown to negotiate in good faith In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the Métis Nation—Saskatchewan’s [MN-S] 2021 challenge of uranium exploration permits issued for lands they claim title to without consultation did not amount to […]
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FSIN 3rd vice chief becomes 1st lawyer from her First Nation – CBC
Aug 29, 2022 Accomplishments like this may inspire others, U of S law prof. An Indigenous woman from Saskatchewan has become the first lawyer from her home community. Aly Bear, The Federation of Indigenous Sovereign Nations’ (FSIN) third vice chief, is now the first ever lawyer to hail from Whitecap Dakota First Nation. She signed […]
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Jurisdiction hazy as Saskatchewan changes cannabis laws for Indigenous communities – meadowlakeNOW
Aug 15, 2022 An amendment to Saskatchewan’s cannabis control laws has granted Indigenous communities the powers to regulate their own cannabis retail stores. Under the newly enacted change to provincial law, on-reserve cannabis retail stores are now exempt from the normal permit requirements under provincial cannabis laws, provided some sort of oversight framework is developed. […]
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Media Advisory: Professor Jennifer Llewellyn to deliver the 2022 Law Foundation of Saskatchewan Lecture
March 30, 2022 Media are invited to the 2022 Dr. Gordon Wicijowski Law Foundation of Saskatchewan Lecture featuring Professor Jennifer Llewellyn, Chair in Restorative Justice and Director of the Restorative Research, Innovation & Education Lab at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University. An international subject matter expert in the area of restorative justice, Professor […]
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Time to charge those pretending to be Indigenous with fraud: Cree lawyer – APTN News
A Cree lawyer says it’s time to criminalize false claims of Indigenous identity. Leah Ballantyne, a former member of the senate at the University of Saskatchewan, suggests charging race-shifters with fraud would help restore confidence in public institutions and the spirit of reconciliation. According to Ballantyne, “This is a crime of fraud worth consideration of […]
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Northern Roots Important to Summer Law Students in La Ronge – Government of Saskatchewan
Indigenous law students and new lawyers are bringing northern insight back home to work in the La Ronge Prosecutions Office. One of the summer law students returning to the north is Jodi Hancheroff. A proud Woodlands Cree woman born and raised on Treaty 6 Territory La Ronge, she was driven to practise law having witnessed […]
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Canada pledges support for revitalization of Indigenous laws in Saskatoon – The Lawyers Daily
July 09, 2021 On July 8, Canada announced its support for the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) with its project “to revitalize Indigenous laws across First Nation communities.” According to a government release, supporting this initiative “aligns with the government of Canada’s response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Call to Action 50.” […]
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Revitalization of Indigenous laws in Saskatoon a priority for the Government of Canada
July 8, 2021 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Department of Justice Canada The Government of Canada is committed to walking the shared path of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, and remains focused on renewing this relationship. This includes protecting Indigenous peoples’ right to self-determination, supporting the revitalization of Indigenous legal systems and traditions, as well as acknowledging […]
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