First Nations

Doug Kay, President of CWVPOS, was interviewed live by CBC Radio Kelowna in early April. He was able to clearly state our concerns regarding lack of consultation ...

Jason Clemens and Tegan Hill examine how the BC government's bilateral land-use agreements with Indigenous groups — negotiated largely without public scrutiny — are fundamentally altering private property rights across British Columbia, even as Premier Eby publicly criticizes court decisions that produce similar outcomes.

ʔAkisq̓nuk First Nation writes to BC's Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship requesting the immediate suspension of all new and proposed development on the shorelines of Lake Windermere and Columbia Lake, citing irreparable harm to their Aboriginal rights and the need for an Indigenous-led lake stewardship plan.

The BC Supreme Court granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the Tretheway Beach Society from dredging Windermere Lake, finding sufficient evidence of irreparable harm to the ʔAkisq̓nuk First Nation's aboriginal rights, pending judicial review of the Environmental Appeal Board's Stay Dismissal Decision.