Overview
- Premier David Eby said the province will ask the B.C. Court of Appeal to stay implementation of the Cowichan Tribes case.
- The B.C. Supreme Court recognized Cowichan Tribes’ Aboriginal title over about 750 acres in Richmond and suspended the declaration for 18 months.
- Attorney General Niki Sharma’s office is gathering reports from affected owners on whether mortgages or other financing have been disrupted since the ruling.
- Richmond officials alerted residents by letter and hosted a large public meeting where homeowners pressed for answers about property titles.
- The City of North Vancouver and the Tsleil-Waututh Nation warned that an online letter using city branding from a non-existent “Indigenous Claims Review Council” is fraudulent.