Supreme Court rules today on Steve Powley case

This is the day the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision on the case of Steve Powley, the Sault Ste. Marie Métis charged with hunting moose without a licence.

This is the day the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision on the case of Steve Powley, the Sault Ste. Marie Métis charged with hunting moose without a licence.

The landmark case will determine whether 300,000 Métis people across Canada have the same constitutional rights as other aboriginal peoples.

Métis are people of mixed non-aboriginal and aboriginal ancestry.

Three lower courts have determined that Powley had constitutionally protected right to hunt.

SooToday.com will provide coverage of today's decision.