US EditionB.C. First Nation on Vancouver Island gets back 80 hectares of land from Ottawa
- A British Columbia First Nation is reclaiming 80 hectares of land from the federal government in a settlement agreement that resolves a claim dating back almost 200 years.
- Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty and Snuneymuxw First Nation Chief Mike Wyse announced that the land was previously Defence Department property.
- The federal government will also provide $42 million in compensation as part of the settlement agreement.
- The Snuneymuxw First Nation plans to develop the land with housing, commercial spaces, and community infrastructure to enhance economic opportunities.
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National Observer
The RecordFederal government returns former military land to BC First Nation
The First Nation with the least reserve land per person in British Columbia has reclaimed a swath of ancestral territory circling a forested mountain on Vancouver Island once fenced off for the federal military.
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B.C. First Nation on Vancouver Island gets back 80 hectares of land from Ottawa
NANAIMO — A British Columbia First Nation is getting some land back in an agreement with the federal government as part of a claim settlement that dates back almost two centuries.
B.C. First Nation on Vancouver Island gets back 80 hectares of land from Ottawa – Energeticcity.ca
NANAIMO — A British Columbia First Nation is getting some land back in an agreement with the federal government as part of a claim settlement that dates back almost two centuries. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty and Snuneymuxw First Nation Chief Mike Wyse say in a joint announcement that the three parcels of land in Nanaimo, B.C., total about 80 hectares and were Defence Department lands. The announcement comes months after an a…
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