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CHARBONNEAU – Privately owned property can exist on Indigenous land

November 13, 2025 // 5 Comments

DESPITE THE ANGER and panic created over the Cowichan court decision, privately owned property (fee simple) can and does exist on Indigenous governed land. It should be noted [Continue]

LETTER – Will City council ask Band to discontinue its land claims lawsuit?

November 12, 2025 // 4 Comments

Dear Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and Councillors Dale Bass, Nancy Bepple, Stephen Karpuk, Kelly Hall, Margot Middleton, Katie Neustaeter, Mike O’Reilly and Bill Sarai, The [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Land claims cases a step forward, or backward on reconciliation?

November 10, 2025 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LANDMARK CASE giving the Cowichan Nation aboriginal title over a large piece of land in Richmond, including privately held property, is [Continue]

POLICE – Student identified as source of prank call that shut down NorKam

November 10, 2025 // 1 Comment

Police have concluded that the 911 call that caused NorKam Secondary school to be locked down was not credible. On Nov. 6, 2025, just before 2 p.m. police received a report [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Kamloops has its own version of the Cowichan land claim

November 7, 2025 // 8 Comments

WHAT’S BECOME KNOWN as the ‘Cowichan case’ has the City council of Richmond rattled, residents angry, and the NDP government vowing not to let it happen. Turns out [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Cold front at the border: U.S. may face snowbird snub

November 7, 2025 // 0 Comments

Majority of frequent border crossers are making fewer trips, choosing Canadian destinations instead By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE November 7, 2025 – The once reliable Canada-U.S. [Continue]