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Vaughn Palmer: Judge's refusal to reopen Cowichan case a chilling message to B.C. landowners

Opinion: This being the first case where Aboriginal title was applied to private as well as Crown land in B.C., all levels of government supported the application to reopen

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VICTORIA — B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barbara Young sent a chilling message to B.C. landowners when she refused to reopen the case where she designated Aboriginal title over several hundred hectares of private land in Richmond.

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Montrose Properties, owner of the largest tract of private land, argued it had never received any formal notification that its fee-simple (private) title could be affected........

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