REGINA — Cowessess First Nation is on track to receive a transfer of 58.74 hectares (145.10 acres) of Crown mineral rights.

The Government of Saskatchewan has approved the transfer of rights to the Government of Canada on behalf of the First Nation in support of the Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement (TLE) Framework Agreement.

This latest transfer increases the total Crown mineral rights transferred under the Cowessess TLE Agreement to approximately 29,350 hectares (72,530 acres).

The TLE Framework Agreement was signed by the Government of Canada and the Government of Saskatchewan and Entitlement First Nations (EFNs) that did not receive all the reserve land they were entitled to under treaty.

To learn more about TLE in Saskatchewan, visit: saskatchewan.ca.

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