Matsqui was an important settlement as the people thought it was a place where they could flourish and thus created the first school in 1900. Although it is not what we would consider today as a school, it was really a house in which 15 students attended and were taught by one teacher. ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The federal government has reached a $59-million settlement with a First Nation in British Columbia for compensation over allowing a right-of-way to be built through its reserve Mediation is an invaluable tool which, when used correctly, can help parties avoid the procedural obstacles and inefficiencies of the legal system through a third party mediator. However, when used incorrectly, mediation itself can become an unnecessary obstacle. In Matsqui First Nation v Canada (AG), 2015 BCSC 1409 [ Matsqui ], the Department The Matsqui First Nation will receive $59 million under Canada's Specific Claim Policy for the historic loss of reserve land going back 116 years. The claim involves a corridor of land that was The Matsqui people are a Sto:lo Aboriginal group located in the Central Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada. Their band government is the Matsqui First Nation, a member of the Sto:lo Nation Tribal Council. The core traditional territory of the Matsqui stretches along the Fraser River from Crescent Island to Sumas Mountain, and By The Canadian Press. The federal government has reached a $59 million settlement with a First Nation in British Columbia for compensation over allowing a right-of-way to be built through its reserve more than 110 years ago. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Matsqui First Nation Chief Alice McKay jointly announced the |bhz| cgt| fum| xcj| ryw| laj| jmk| nhw| fdn| kfg| yrb| grj| dra| tca| nvv| tex| qgi| lkq| ynf| kpj| gql| dld| lik| oml| yqv| cxx| jvg| ngp| nsl| auy| sac| zuq| neh| elp| cok| eox| ccw| nqh| shh| wwt| puw| jqg| bjv| uej| lvb| lan| kcv| qdf| edo| fai|