Canadian Press 19/07/2024 A recent interaction between a conservation officer and David Chartrand, president of the Manitoba Métis Federation, appears set to become the latest skirmish in the battle over Indigenous hunting and fishing rights in the province. Chartrand was given a ticket last month for angling without a licence on a lake near the northern community of Cranberry Portage, the government’s central communications agency said Friday. Chartrand has until Aug. 14 to respond. Such tickets can carry fines of $298. Chartrand said he has not been charged with anything, was not breaking the law, and was exercising his right to fish. “One of the officers was trying to figure out what he had to do, and I think he was not properly briefed,” Chartrand said in an interview this…
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