B.C. Court of Appeal upholds trial decision dismissing Lax Kw'alaams' claim for right to commercial fishing near Prince Rupert

Aboriginal Law Bulletin
January 2010


The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld an earlier B.C. Supreme Court decision that dismissed the Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band's claim for the right to a commercial fishery on the north coast of B.C., just north of Prince Rupert.