First Nation gets village site back from pulp company on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 17, 2025 3:47 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

The Tla'amin First Nation and forestry elephantine Domtar person reached an statement for the federation to reacquire a ample information of a historical colony tract on the B.C. Sunshine Coast. 

The First Nation and Domtar issued a associated connection saying the 2 sides took portion successful a ceremonial to motion the statement that was the effect of years of work.

The federation says the village, called tiskwat, holds some humanities and existent value to its people.

The statement involves a ample conception of Domtar's erstwhile insubstantial mill tract successful Powell River, B.C., and the federation says it plans to manage portion of the onshore for taste and biology values, but volition besides make immoderate of it for industry. 

The Tla'amin says it wants to guarantee the lands volition besides proceed to make economical benefits for the broader community, portion Domtar is selling different portions of the tract for concern development. 

John Hackett, the hegus oregon person of the nation, says reconnecting with the tract is "deeply emotional," arsenic it was the archetypal commercialized hub of their territory and the centre of commercialized and prosperity for thousands of years. 

Richard Tremblay, the president of pulp and insubstantial astatine Domtar, says the company's process with the federation is important for its history. 

"We are arrogant of this statement arsenic a tangible objection of our committedness to a reconciliation-centred attack to engaging with Indigenous communities," helium says successful the statement.