US EditionB.C. presses its case ahead of Cowichan land meeting
The ruling affects about 750 acres and raises concerns for over 150 Richmond property owners about the security of their land titles, provincial officials said.
- On Oct. 28, 2025, the British Columbia provincial government pushed its perspective ahead of a City of Richmond meeting for affected landowners, as reported in story 580663.
- In August, a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled that the Cowichan Tribes hold Aboriginal title over about 750 acres on the Fraser River and found Crown and city titles defective.
- British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma argued that Aboriginal and fee-simple title `cannot co-exist` on the same land and stressed `perhaps nothing more important` to land owners is title security.
- Richmond, British Columbia , now an appellant, scheduled a meeting and told more than 150 property owners the ruling may compromise their ownership status.
- David Rosenberg cautioned against applying the case to all fee-simple lands across British Columbia or Canada, while a technical briefing framed the issue as protecting private property integrity provincewide.
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RICHMOND - Residents of Richmond, B.C., asked why they weren't told sooner about potential risks to their property rights at a tense meeting with officials over the impact of the
B.C. presses its case ahead of Cowichan land meeting
British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma says the provincial government’s argument in the landmark Cowichan Tribes land case was that Aboriginal and fee-simple title “cannot co-exist” on the same land in their full form.
B.C. presses its case ahead of Cowichan land meeting (Metro Vancouver)
British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma says the provincial government's argument in the landmark Cowichan Tribes land case was that Aboriginal and fee-simple title "cannot co-exist" on the same land in their full form. Sharma says there's "perhaps nothing more important" t...
Rob Shaw: B.C. says Aboriginal title and private property rights cannot co-exist, Land Title Act might trump Indigenous claims
The B.C. government is scrambling to re-assure private property owners that it won’t allow Aboriginal title to supersede their private property rights, as concerned Richmond residents gather for an information session on the issue Tuesday night. Attorney General Niki Sharma sharpened the government’s position in advance of what is expected to be a heated session, saying she will not accept the B.C. Supreme Court’s conclusion in the recent Cowich…
B.C. presses its case ahead of Cowichan land meeting – Energeticcity.ca
VICTORIA — British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma says the provincial government’s argument in the landmark Cowichan Tribes land case was that Aboriginal and fee-simple title “cannot co-exist” on the same land in their full form. Sharma says there’s “perhaps nothing more important” to land owners than the security of their title, quoting directly from B.C.’s arguments in the case, which it lost. The government is pushing its perspective o…
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