Another lawyer representing the community, Michael Marchen, said the sovereignty act is an effective derogation of Onion Lake ...

Initially filed in December, 2022, the First Nation claims Premier Danielle Smith’s Alberta Sovereignty within a United ...

A Cree Nation near the Alberta-Saskatchewan border is pushing ahead with a lawsuit against the Alberta government, arguing ...

EDMONTON — Alberta’s bill lowering the bar for a separation referendum has spurred a First Nation, which straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary, to push ahead with a legal challenge against the ...

Chief Henry Lewis of Onion Lake Cree Nation (OLCN) addresses the crowd during a press conference on Thursday, May 15, 2025, ...

The First Nation filed a statement of claim in 2022, but lawyer Robert Hladun says the community put it on pause, hoping for consultation and a resolution with government.

A First Nation whose land spans the Alberta-Saskatchewan border says Alberta's "growing separatist agenda" has spurred it to ...

The Onion Lake Cree Nation says it is going ahead with a challenge to the province’s sovereignty legislation in response to ...

But Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief Henry Lewis said that law has always been about undermining federal authority and asserting provincial control, which goes against his community’s Treaty 6 ...

But Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief Henry Lewis says it undermines his community's pre-existing treaty with the Crown. He announced the legal challenge is moving forward a day after Smith's ...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s bill lowering the bar for a separation referendum has spurred a First Nation to push ahead with a legal challenge against the premier’s flagship sovereignty act.