Merritt-area First Nations ramp up campaign against sewage biosolids – Vancouver Sun
Protest about environmental effects of material trucked to Nicola Valley hits front lawn of B.C. legislature
VICTORIA — First Nations chiefs from the Nicola Valley say they’ll continue to blockade roads, occupy government offices and use their own indigenous laws to stop sewage sludge from being dumped on land in Merritt.
Five First Nation chiefs took their protest to the lawn of the B.C. legislature Monday, holding a prayer session over a container of local soil and warning the B.C. government they would escalate a fight against the application of sewage biosolids on Central Okanagan lands.
“This time, we are not backing down,” said Percy Joe, Shackan Indian Band grand chief. “We have put in place our traditional laws and they will be enforced by whatever means it takes.”
