B.C. bands take land claim to Supreme Court
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Two bands in northeastern British Columbia who lost a land claim appeal will take their case to the Supreme Court of Canada.
The Doig River and Blueberry River bands of the Peace River district in B.C. will appeal the Federal Court of Appeal's Feb. 9 decision denying their right to sue Ottawa, the bands lawyer Thomas Berger said.
In the 2-1 decision, the court ruled that the bands did not have the right to sue Ottawa over the loss of their reserve in 1945 because the province's 30-year limitation on legal action had expired, Berger said.
