By John Chilibeck Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A New Brunswick wood-cutting firm says an aboriginal claim to its property “hangs like a guillotine” over the business, seriously threatening it and the jobs it has created. rabbe & Sons Ltd. was one of three firms that appeared in Saint John’s Court of King’s Bench on Monday as part of motion to strike the Wolastoqey Nation’s request for a certificate of pending litigation on just over 5,000 parcels of privately-owned forestry land in the western half of the province. The certificate is hotly disputed in the massive litigation case. If awarded, the certificate would provide official court notice to the public that a property was subject to a legal dispute. The practical effect of such a court-imposed sanction would prevent the owners…
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