Halalt First Nation Sues Forest Firm, Governments for Flooding – The Tyee

The class action alleges ‘careless and reckless’ practices created conditions for disaster.

Halalt First Nation in the Cowichan Valley has launched a class-action lawsuit against private forest giant Mosaic Forest Management and three levels of government for damages related to flooding on the band’s reserve on the lower Chemainus River.

The B.C. Supreme Court action names several “forestry defendants,” including Mosaic, TimberWest, Island Timberlands and the Municipality of North Cowichan for logging that contributed to downstream flooding.

Mosaic is the timberlands manager for TimberWest and Island Timberlands, which are owned by public pension funds.

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