MARK HUME VANCOUVER — The Globe and Mail Published Sunday, Mar. 09 2014, 10:04 PM EDT
It was a 135-year-old letter to the editor that helped persuade a tribunal the land that now makes up the downtown core of the City of Williams Lake was unjustly taken from natives. The decision by the Specific Claims Tribunal could bring the Williams Lake Indian Band a federal payment of up to $150-million in compensation for the loss of thousands of hectares of land along the Fraser River. The ruling last week comes as a stunning setback to the federal government, which rejected the claim three times before the band took the case to the tribunal.Chief Anne Louie said the ruling that the band deserves compensation is “a great victory” that her people have been pursuing for generations. (more)
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RULING: 2014 SCTC 3 .pdf
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