Nicola Valley First Nation supporters occupy Premier Christy Clark’s office – Global News
April 15, 2015
WEST KELOWNA – Nicola Valley First Nation Chief’s and supporters are occupying Premier Christy Clark’s constituency office in West Kelowna over the province’s apparent inaction on the issue of bio waste being trucked into their community. Protests have been held for several weeks near Merritt fighting back against the decision to truck what they call ‘sewage sludge’ from the Fraser Valley and the Interior to the Nicola Valley. Now, they’ve decided to take their efforts to a new level.
“The Nicola Valley First Nations hold and exercise Aboriginal Title and Rights over areas where bio waste operations are currently being carried out, and where future bio waste operations have been proposed,” says Nicola Valley First Nation Chief Aaron Sam.
Sam says all five chiefs of the Nicola Valley First Nation, their representatives and supporters of Friends of the Nicola Valley are all occupying Premier Clark’s office. He says their mission is to stop the toxic waste from going into the Nicola Valley area.
