Land settlement nets nearly $60 million for community in B.C.

By Marc Lalonde  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The federal government and a First Nations community in British Columbia announced late last month that the federal government would pay compensation to the community for taking its reserve lands without adequate compensation more than a century ago. The government will compensate the Matsqui First Nation near Abbotsford, B.C. to the tune of more than $59 million to compensate it for the taking of its reserve lands without adequate compensation and for severing access to reserve lands through the building of the Vancouver Power Company Right-of-Way on Sahhacum Indian Reserve 1 and Matsqui Main Indian Reserve 2. Matsqui First Nation chief Alice McKay said she was glad that Canada acknowledged its historic wrong and was glad to see it corrected. “Matsqui First Nation…

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