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Thanks to a tracking device, a stolen iPad was found after being stolen from a residence on 11th Avenue North, report the Williams Lake RCMP. On Jan. at 4:41 p.m. Williams Lake RCMP received a call from an individual who wanted to report that his iPad was stolen. The complainant said that his door was unlocked, there was no forced entry and no one was home at the time. Through the tracking device on the iPad the police were able to locate the iPad and attended at a residence in Williams Lake where the computer was recovered. The tracking device is available to download, however, it has to be activated before an item is stolen, and if the item is turned off, the tracking device will not work. Greg Sabatino photo
Williams Lake Blue Fins swimmer Gracie Frost, completes her first ever 200-metre individual medley Sunday at the Sam Ketcham Memorial Pool during a Williams Lake Blue Fins time trials event.
Inside the Tribune NEWS A2 Greyhound makes cuts to service. SPORTS Blue Fins host time trials.
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COMMUNITY A12 Robbie Burns’ Night sold out. Weather outlook: Snow tomorrow, high of -5 C. Cloudy/ flurries Wednesday, high of 0 C.
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William case heads to Supreme Court Monica Lamb-Yorski Tribune Staff Writer Ever since he learned his rights and title case is going to be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada, Roger William has been thinking about something his late uncle and former chief Henry Solomon said. “When you tell the truth you have nothing to worry about. The truth always wins, no matter how long it takes no matter how hard it is. Those are words we’ve all been carrying in our minds,” the former Xeni Gwet’in chief and present band councillor said. After all, the case has been in the courts since 1992. William and others throughout the Tsilhqot’in Nation have always thought the aboriginal rights and title case would end up in the Supreme Court of Canada. The rights to hunt, trap, trade and catch and use wild horses was not contested by the provincial or federal government through one of the case’s go-arounds.
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Roger William of Xeni Gwet’in
“That means those rights were upheld and it becomes law in the court case areas, which is huge,” William said, adding the First Nations feel if B.C. or Canada want
to deal with a proposed application in the area, they need to prove that those rights that became the law are not impacted and that they are protected. “Today First Nations across Canada get a referral and are asked what their aboriginal interests in the area are, where now for the first time ever in B.C., or Canada, there’s a declaration of rights on the land in an area, laid out as hunting, trapping, trade and catching and using wild horses.” So any species the Xeni Gwet’in hunt or trap, and their habitat, need to be protected. “That was a big victory there and then we were just waiting for this leave to appeal petition from the Supreme Court of Canada, which came yesterday,” William said, adding it was “great news.” Last month BC Supreme Court ruled that the federal government will help cover some of the legal costs, however, William said those details have yet to be worked out. Tsilhqot’in National Govern-
ment chair Chief Joe Alphonse said it’s time to stop avoiding the issue of rights and title. “Deal with us in a fair, just and meaningful way. I think this is going to define the relationship between Canada and First Nations people, and I think First Nations people right across Canada are waiting to see what’s going to happen from this case,” Alphonse said. There’s no date set for the case to be heard as of yet, all Alphonse knows is they have a date with the “highest court in the country and have so much hope.” The main points of the case are about ownership and who owns the land. “Not only the land, but the resources that are on that land, any and every aspect of that land, whether it’s subsurface or not. It’s the right to use those resources and how those resources fund government programs,” Alphonse said. See BARNETT Page A3