North Delta Reporter
Tsawwassen First Nation and Musqueam Indian Band are both appealing a court decision granting a group of Vancouver Island First Nations fishing and land rights in the Fraser delta.
On Aug. 7, after a 513-day trial (the longest in Canadian history) and more than 20 months since closing arguments, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barbara Young issued an 863-page judgment recognizing Cowichan Tribes, Stz’uminus First Nation, Penelakut Tribe, Halalt First Nation and Lyackson First Nation’s Aboriginal title over the Tl’uqtinus village lands — located on the south shore of Lulu Island (now in the city of Richmond) opposite Tilbury Island in Delta. …