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Premier says detour onto reserve land unfortunate; motorists faced $20 toll

Premier says detour onto reserve land unfortunate; motorists faced $20 toll by James Wood Premier Rachel Notley says the province has no jurisdiction over a toll charged to motorists detouring through the Morley reserve Monday after an accident closed a portion of the Trans-Canada Highway. “What I’ve been advised by our transportation officials is that we were put into a position where that was the only possible detour that we could use, and that’s unfortunate, but that was what it was,” she told reporters in a scrum Tuesday evening. “We have to acknowledge that First Nations have rights on their reserve land akin to, or… View Article