6 h. ago Conversations that Matter: The implications of the Cowichan Tribes land case

The Cowichan Tribes ruling has rapidly become the most significant land title case in Canada. It has sparked intense and competing arguments in private, in public and in the legislative assembly in Victoria. Premier Eby was grilled mercilessly about his defence of private property rights, his government’s slow response to file a stay and what […]

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8 d. ago Cadillac Fairview suing U.S. arm of Hudson’s Bay over former Saks Fifth Avenue stores

TORONTO — A major mall owner is suing the U.S. arm of Hudson’s Bay for more than $75 million in losses and damages related to former Saks Fifth Avenue stores in Canada. At the centre of the Ontario Superior Court case are three Cadillac Fairview Corp. properties — Toronto Eaton Centre, Sherway Gardens in Etobicoke, […]

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8 d. ago Burnaby man seeks damages from B.C., Canada over Cowichan Tribes ruling

B.C. Supreme Court suit is seeking class-action status to include all affected property owners in province

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9 d. ago Carney expected to announce new supports for steel industry hammered by U.S. tariffs

OTTAWA — The federal government plans to limit foreign steel imports and cut interprovincial rail freight rates in a bid to support Canada’s steel industry threatened by damaging U.S. tariffs. A government official not authorized to speak about details ahead of the public announcement told The Canadian Press that Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce […]

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3 w. ago Cowichan Tribes say they tried to stop illegal dumpsite but want federal gov’t to take action

BC Conservative leader John Rustad says he, too, is in the dark about how the problem was allowed to fester for so long. "This should not have been allowed to take place," he said.

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3 w. ago Cowichan Tribes seeks federal help to deal with mountain of waste

The garbage pile is on three lots on reserve land near the Allenby Road Bridge over the Cowichan River

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4 w. ago Cowichan Tribes member handed pollution prevention order over huge dumping site

The Ministry of Environment says the materials are known to release substances including heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, copper, iron and lead. 

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4 w. ago GUNTER: Cowichan Tribes land ruling shows activist judges rewriting Canadian law, threatening private property rights

In August, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barbara Young ruled that a large chunk of the Vancouver suburb — including 150 private homes, several businesses, some government land and a golf course — were now owned by the Indigenous tribes.

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4 w. ago MASSIVE LAND CLAIM SETTLEMENT: B.C. court judge gives Cowichan Tribes $500M in land

WATCH as Postmedia columnist Lorne Gunter can’t believe that B.C. judge Barbara Young awarded the Cowichan Tribes in Richmond, B.C., an estimated $500 million in land that was public and private as part of a settlement. What do YOU think?  Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below or send us a Letter to […]

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