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Indigenous fisherman guilty of defying sockeye fishery closure
Original article ↗B.I.A.S. ANALYSIS
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Article Excerpt
By Bob Mackin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Prince George Citizen An 81-year-old Alexandria First Nation member was found guilty of unlawfully possessing sockeye salmon, according to a Provincial Court judgment released at the end of June. In Williams Lake Provincial Court on Feb. 11, Judge Linda Thomas gave oral reasons after a trial that took place sporadically between 2021 and 2025. Thomas Leonard Billyboy, the judge ruled, failed to provide, on a balance of probabilities, that he exercised reasonable care to avoid committing the Fisheries Act offence. Billyboy was stopped by Depar…
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