Appeal court opens door to SON claim to waters around Hope Bay

The Court of Appeal for Ontario has ordered Saugeen Ojibway Nation’s Aboriginal title claim for waters surrounding the Bruce Peninsula to be examined further by the trial judge, but limited to the Hope Bay area of the peninsula. The area claimed at trial included from near Goderich to the Canada-United States boundary in Lake Huron, […]

Third court loss for town in Sauble plover habitat case

Ontario’s appeal court dismissed South Bruce Peninsula’s appeal of convictions on two counts of damaging piping plover habitat at Sauble Beach — the third time a court has found against the town in this case. The municipality was convicted of damaging the beach habitat of the endangered migratory shorebird on April 13, 2017 and between […]