Government lawyers argued in a notice of appeal that the Federal Court made a mistake by not determining that the tribunal lacked jurisdiction to issue compensation orders.

The B.C. Supreme Court found decades of industrial development had affected the Blueberry River First Nations to the point they couldn't meaningfully exercise their treaty rights.

The Nova Scotia Judiciary says the court in Cape Breton is the first of its kind in the province and among only a few in the country that incorporates Indigenous restorative justice traditions and customs