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Constitutional challenge mounted for Indigenous man charged with illegal caribou hunting in Atlantic Canada

16 January 201916 January 2019 Jacob Barker, CBC News 0 Comments caribou, conservation, court, First Nations, George River, hunting, indigenous, Innu, justice, Labrador, law

Innu Nation hunters who are in provincial court in Labrador, Atlantic Canada this week are making a constitutional challenge against

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First Nation bans Indigenous harvest of declining caribou herd in northern Quebec

7 December 20187 December 2018 Susan Bell and Betsy Longchap, CBC News 0 Comments caribou, conservation, Cree, First Nations, George River, hunting, Innu, Inuit, Labrador, Leaf River, Naskapi, quebec

The Cree Nation Government has voted in favour of a ban on Cree hunters harvesting caribou from the George River

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Caribou numbers plummet in eastern Canada

19 August 2014 Lynn Desjardins, Radio Canada International 0 Comments biologists, biology, George River, Labrador, Newfoundland, quebec, reindeer, wildlife

Biologists are alarmed at the precipitous decline in the George River caribou population roaming the eastern provinces of Quebec, and

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