US EditionB.C., Cowichan chiefs start negotiations after landmark title ruling court ruling on title
Negotiations follow a court ruling that invalidated provincial and city land titles on 300 hectares along the Fraser River, requiring reconciliation with Cowichan Nation Aboriginal title.
- On March 2, 2026, the British Columbia government and Cowichan Nation chiefs began court-ordered negotiations after a landmark ruling awarded Aboriginal title last year.
- The Cowichan Nation said it `respectfully did not seek to invalidate` private ownership and went to court to compel the province to `negotiate in good faith the reconciliation` of private titles.
- The trial court found last August that Crown and city titles were defective and invalid, and the Crown's private title grants unjustifiably infringed Cowichan title over about 300 hectares along the Fraser River.
- Eby told reporters that property owners are `seriously worried` but the provincial government and Cowichan First Nation `aren't going anywhere`, signaling ongoing relations after negotiations, which he called a `pleasant development`.
- The province said `We are appealing, we disagree with the trial decision, we are seeking a stay of the trial decision` while appeals by both parties and concerns over private land ownership continue.
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B.C. and Cowichan chiefs start negotiations after court ruling on Aboriginal title: joint statement
A joint statement from the province and the Cowichan says the nation "respectfully did not seek to invalidate" private ownership of the land, but went to court to compel the province to "negotiate in good faith the reconciliation" of private titles granted by government of its former village site.
B.C., Cowichan chiefs start negotiations after landmark title ruling court ruling on title
The British Columbia government and chiefs from the Cowichan Nation say they’ve begun negotiations after a landmark court ruling awarded Aboriginal title over a swath of property in Richmond, B.C., last year.
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B.C. and Cowichan chiefs start negotiations after landmark court ruling on title
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government and chiefs from the Cowichan Nation say they've begun negotiations after a landmark court ruling awarded Aboriginal title over a swath of property in
B.C. and Cowichan chiefs start negotiations after landmark court ruling on title – Energeticcity.ca
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government and chiefs from the Cowichan Nation say they’ve begun negotiations after a landmark court ruling awarded Aboriginal title over a swath of property in Richmond, B.C., last year. The talks come even as both parties pursue appeals in the legal action that recognizes Aboriginal title over about 300 hectares of land along the Fraser River in a decision that set off concerns about the impact on private land o…
Minister and Cowichan (Quw’utsun) Nation Chiefs’ statement on negotiations
Spencer Chandra Herbert, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, and the Cowichan (Quw’utsun) Nation Chiefs, Chief Sulsulxumaat, Cindy Daniels, Cowichan Tribes, Chief Tholmen, John Elliott, Stz’uminus First Nation, Chief Chakeenakwaut, Pam Jack, Penelakut Tribe, Chief Sulsimutstun, James Thomas, Halalt First Nation, and Chief Laxele’wuts’aat, Shana Thomas, Lyackson First Nation, have released the following statement about negotiatio…
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