By Aaron Walker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com O\u2019Leary Digital Limited (ODL), the company behind the proposed Wonder Valley data centre complex in northern Alberta, is appealing an Aug. 13 court ruling that barred it from blocking a legal challenge by Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation (SLCN). SLCN has called for a judicial review of a water license granted by the government of Alberta that would authorize the use of up to six million cubic metres of water a year from the Smoky River without consultation with SLCN. The Nation\u2019s lands in Treaty 8 lie near the river where its members exercise and assert their treaty and inherent rights. Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation argues those rights and interests in the watershed could be affected by the water licence granted to the… <\/p>\n
By Aaron Walker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com O\u2019Leary Digital Limited (ODL), the company behind the proposed Wonder Valley data centre complex in northern Alberta, is appealing an Aug. 13 court ruling that barred it from blocking a legal challenge by Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation (SLCN). SLCN has called for a judicial review of a water license granted by the government of Alberta that would authorize the use of up to six million cubic metres of water a year from the Smoky River without consultation with SLCN. The Nation\u2019s lands in Treaty 8 lie near the river where its members exercise and assert their treaty and inherent rights. Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation argues those rights and interests in the watershed could be affected by the water licence granted to the... <\/p>\n