CBC News HALIFAX Thu Mar 8, 2001  Court rules against native rights on N.S. Crown land  A Nova Scotia judge has found 35 native loggers guilty of illegally harvesting lumber on Crown land in a decision that is expected to have a far-reaching effect on Canada's entire logging industry.  In his ruling, Judge Patrick Curran recognized that the Mi'kmaq held some rights to land in Nova Scotia. But he said those rights did not include the areas where the illegal cutting took place.  The natives, who were charged in late 1998 and in 1999, argued they had historic rights to cut and sell logs from Crown land because their ancestors occupied the area and harvested trees there years ago.  The treaties entered as evidence in this case were the same ones used in the Marshall ruling which eventually overhauled the entire fishing industry in Atlantic Canada.  Curran's decision means natives cannot harvest trees on Crown land without the government's authorization.  The decision will likely be appealed and observers expect the case to make it all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada.  It's being watched closely by other provinces, including New Brunswick, where a similar case is making its way through the courts.