October 28, 2025
The City of Richmond is expecting a big crowd at a public information session Tuesday on a landmark land claim ruling that has some residents worried.
A lot of questions will likely focus on the issue of land ownership after the B.C. Supreme Court granted the Quw’utsun Nation, whose members include the Cowichan Tribes, title over a 7.5-square-kilometre parcel along the Fraser River.
Some critcs have said Aboriginal title and fee-simple ownership cannot coexist in B.C.
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