3 d. ago LiUNA, Fengate break ground on new rental community in Brampton

Projects like Church and Main considered essential to meeting City’s housing needs As far as new housing development goes, this is one project that the developers believes ticks all the boxes: it’s located in a fast-growing community, it’s close to public transit, it meets the needs of a wide range of lifestyles and workers, and […]

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1 week ago Private ownership is in jeopardy, lawyer says about Cowichan court ruling

The B.C. Supreme Court granted the Cowichan Nation Aboriginal title over nearly six square kilometres of land in Richmond. But the case has created a lot of confusion.

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1 week ago Parker: Taza Park West welcoming Walmart Supercentre to Tsuut'ina Nation land

Walmart will add to the success of Taza as a shopping area

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2 w. ago Metro Vancouver Indigenous land ruling could derail reconciliation: Poll

B.C. court ruling impacts legal landowners in Metro Vancouver — and B.C. residents say it could hurt relations with Aboriginal groups

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2 w. ago Why weren't we told sooner about the implications of Aboriginal title? The answer should concern everyone

Vaughn Palmer: As far back as eight years ago, the court had wrestled with whether to notify private landowners about the implications of a declaration of Aboriginal title

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2 w. ago Richmond homeowners have a right to be ‘mad,’ experts say over Cowichan ruling

'There's a lot of frustration, but I think people have every right to be mad,' Caroline Elliott with the Public Land Use Society told Global News.

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2 w. ago More than 500 people pack Richmond hotel to learn about Cowichan Nation land ruling

In August, British Columbia's Supreme Court granted the Quw’utsun Nation (Cowichan Nation) Aboriginal title over 5.7 km of land in Richmond.

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2 w. ago Tensions flare at Richmond meeting over Cowichan title decision

Several landowners with properties in the area impacted by the case asked about the potential for compensation and highlighted insurance and bank financing issues if property values dropped

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3 w. ago Opinion: Canada’s next corridors will rise or fall on Indigenous leadership

Canada’s history can be traced along its corridors. The rail lines that stitched the country together, the pipelines that carried oil to distant markets, the highways and transmission towers that reshaped the land — all were called “nation-building.” But for Indigenous peoples, those same projects told another story — corridors of dispossession, carved through their […]

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4 w. ago Aboriginal title decision ‘may compromise’ ownership status of Richmond, B.C., properties, says mayor

In August, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled the Cowichan Tribes have title to the land, and that land titles granted by government were invalid

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4 w. ago Richmond property owners worried after First Nations land claim

The ruling gives the Cowichan Nation title to 7.5 square kilometres of land in South Richmond, including city and port lands, farms, golf courses and commercial properties.

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4 w. ago 'Upset in the extreme': Richmond to hold public meeting for homeowners affected by Cowichan Nation land title decision

Mayor Malcolm Brodie sent a warning letter to residents about the B.C. Supreme Court decision but city councillor Kash Heed says the move is premature with an appeal underway

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