7 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 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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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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last month 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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