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By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. \u2014 The dismissed Blueberry River First Nations (BRFN) Chief is celebrating a victory in her fight against the council which ousted her. Judy Desjarlais was removed last fall after an independent investigation by BRFN council launched in 2023 said she had failed to \u201cact unilaterally, but did so regardless\u201d pertaining to exemptions granted for Petronas\u2019 industrial work on BRFN\u2019s high-value areas. The high-value areas are zones of particular importance for BRFN\u2019s way of life that require specific management to protect them from new development. The federal judge in Desjarlais\u2019 review protesting her removal, Justice Catherine A. Coughlan, has said the opposing counsel hired by BRFN was in a conflict of interest. BRFN\u2019s counsel had previously worked at another… <\/p>\n

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By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. \u2014 The dismissed Blueberry River First Nations (BRFN) Chief is celebrating a victory in her fight against the council which ousted her. Judy Desjarlais was removed last fall after an independent investigation by BRFN council launched in 2023 said she had failed to \u201cact unilaterally, but did so regardless\u201d pertaining to exemptions granted for Petronas\u2019 industrial work on BRFN\u2019s high-value areas. The high-value areas are zones of particular importance for BRFN\u2019s way of life that require specific management to protect them from new development. The federal judge in Desjarlais\u2019 review protesting her removal, Justice Catherine A. Coughlan, has said the opposing counsel hired by BRFN was in a conflict of interest. BRFN\u2019s counsel had previously worked at another... <\/p>\n

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