Supreme Court of Canada upholds Yukon First Nation s lawmaking authority in the face of Charter challenge aldergrovestar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aldergrovestar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The majority of the court ruled that the Charter applies to self-governing Indigenous communities but that where little-known Section 25 is in irreconcilable conflict with individual Charter rights, it trumps those rights
The First Nation, in a notice filed to the Yukon Court of Appeal last week, is asking for a recent Yukon Supreme Court ruling on the Kudz Ze Kayah mine project to be set aside, and for its appeal to be heard on an expedited basis.
Anthony Andre was convicted in 2022 of two counts of impaired driving causing death and one count of impaired driving causing bodily harm after a judge-alone trial in Yukon territorial court.