Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of Sauble Beach land claim

The Supreme Court of Canada has decided not to hear an appeal of lower-court rulings that deemed a stretch of Sauble Beach, Ont., to be within the local Saugeen First Nation reserve, in a case some lawyers say could have broad implications for private property owners caught up in Indigenous land claims.

The top court announced on Thursday that it would not grant the local municipality, the Town of South Bruce Peninsula, and a handful of affected landowners leave to appeal the decision, which had been upheld by the Ontario Court of Appeal last year.