Wabauskang First Nation rescinds banishment of former Chief Doug Riffel while four other Indigenous banishment bylaws challenged | Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms

Published on July 28, 2026
CALGARY, AB: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announces that lawyers funded by the Justice Centre have sent legal warning letters to four Indigenous governments in Alberta and Manitoba calling on them to amend bylaws that authorize the mandatory five-year banishment of community members. The warning letters followed a successful legal challenge that resulted in […]
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