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Chartrand was given a ticket last month for angling without a licence on a lake near the northern community of Cranberry Portage, the government&#8217;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. &#8220;One of the officers was trying to figure out what he had to do, and I think he was not properly briefed,&#8221; Chartrand said in an interview this&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription &#8211; Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2024%2F07%2F19%2Fmanitoba-metis-president-ticketed-for-fishing-without-a-licence-province-says%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian Press \u00a019\/07\/2024\u00a0 A recent interaction between a conservation officer and David Chartrand, president of the Manitoba M\u00e9tis 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&#8217;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. &#8220;One of the officers was trying to figure out what he had to do, and I think he was not properly briefed,&#8221; Chartrand said in an interview this... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription - Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2024%2F07%2F19%2Fmanitoba-metis-president-ticketed-for-fishing-without-a-licence-province-says%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":101363,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-ticker","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-3","pmpro-level-2","pmpro-level-5","pmpro-level-4","pmpro-level-6","pmpro-level-7","pmpro-no-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manitoba M\u00e9tis president ticketed for fishing without a licence, province says - The Turtle Island News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/19\/manitoba-metis-president-ticketed-for-fishing-without-a-licence-province-says\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manitoba M\u00e9tis president ticketed for fishing without a licence, province says - The Turtle Island News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Canadian Press \u00a019\/07\/2024\u00a0 A recent interaction between a conservation officer and David Chartrand, president of the Manitoba M\u00e9tis Federation, appears set to become the latest skirmish in the battle over Indigenous hunting and fishing rights in the province. 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