B.C. city ‘vigorously defending’ Aboriginal claim, but says no private land in play – St. Albert Gazette
November 21, 2025
PORT COQUITLAM — The City of Port Coquitlam, B.C., said it is “vigorously defending” public ownership of municipal lands against a claim bought in 2016 by a local First Nation.
But the city said the land claim by the Kwikwetlem First Nation does not involve private property, and the case is currently suspended “as a provincially led process takes place.”
The city issued a statement on Wednesday in response to public concern about a landmark land title case involving the Cowichan Tribes and the City of Richmond.
