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Indigenous leaders threaten court action over land use approvals
B.C. Indigenous leaders have threatened to sue the federal government over the approval of more than 80,000 new residences on reserves.
Calls to a B.C. Supreme Court office were not returned late Friday afternoon.
A report earlier this week found in an internal study of the proposed proposed homes that all but the largest reserves are over-populated with people who are not required for social services.
The homes, including high-rise towers, require a court ruling by July 15 in order to get built.
A spokesman for the B.C. Solicitor General declined to comment on the request for an injunction.
The housing, including high-rise towers, require a court ruling by July 15 in order to get built. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)
He said it was premature to comment on an internal review of the homes or the decision not to issue an injunction.
More than 600 new high-rise residences would be planned in the two first communities of B.C.'s North Coast, in Tofino and Yoho, about four kilometres from the proposed sites, as part of the First Nations housing plan.
The homes, which will be designed to house up to 40 families, are being developed for housing the needs of First Nations people in the communities, as well as those living on reserves.
The homes will come on top of a mixed-income development that already exists in the community of North Vancouver, about three kilometres outside North Vancouver.
The communities of B.C. and Yukon plan to build the two communities in two phases — a four-phase plan, which will continue to the area, and a three-phase plan that will go into effect in 2018.
In the North Coast, Tofino is to be built in phases on two reserves: B.C. Island in northern North Vancouver, and B.C. Resolute in northern New Westminster.
Yoho is planned in four phases on two reserves: B.C. Island, in northern B.C. Resolute, and B.C. Resolute Inlet in northern New Westminster.
Tofino is expected to be built in Phase I at an estimated cost of $4.4 billion. A total of 4,974 units will be planned in Tofino.
'Housing of necessity'
The homes come on top of a mixed-income development that already exists in the community of North Vancouver, about three kilometres outside North Vancouver. (Lancashire First Nations/B.C. Interior Department)
This is the first time B.C. First Nations have been consulted on the plans for the housin
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Alleged underpayment of mushroom pickers fair work test case to be heard by tribunal
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A young boy who refused to clean an underground mine has won his first legal battle to stop the alleged underpayment of $300 worth of mushrooms picked by his father.
Tommy Clements, 17, was taken into police custody for alleged "serious and ongoing" breaches of safety by his father, Mark Clements, following the explosion and fire of the Cobourg mine on August 10.
At the Cobourg mine, Tommy's father and friends were working for the New South Wales Department of Mining and Energy, using high-pressure water to make the mine operate as quickly as possible.
At 10:30am on August 11, the father, after finding no sign of any gas being leaked into the mine, ordered a water break.
But, as the water broke, the son, while wearing a jacket and carrying a broomstick, went up to the front door of the mine and pulled his fingers on the metal bars.
At the next break, the son failed to come up.
At about the same time the son, dressed in white clothes, turned back to climb the roof of the mine. He said he had heard the sound of a ladder moving up onto the top of the chimney, and when he looked back he realised that the boy had put his hands on the top of the ladder.
Tommy's father, on hearing that, went to the top of the ladder and found his son holding his hands to the back of the ladder when a ladder appeared with the boy, screaming for help.
A fire broke out inside the chimney, causing the mine operator to panic and call for help, which Tommy immediately returned, climbing on the ladder in fear that he might burn up or be killed, and then climbing to safety.
Mr Clements, of Cottesloe in south-east Western Australia, said there were about 250 to 300 mushroom pickers employed by the mine who were not paid, and was seeking damages for negligent operation of the mine and negligent safety practices, including failing to provide suitable training to pick mushrooms and failing to make sure that those who were not fully trained in removing poisonous mushrooms were properly trained.
The court heard that there had been no fire and the mine operator told the court he expected no more problems and the mine was safe.
He admitted operating the mine without a licence, but Mr Clements said Mr Clements's son was working for a contractor who hired him, and that the operator had been paid for the time he had been at the mine.
He had told Mr Clements that the boss of the mine had been very concerned when the mushroom removal company asked for a new operator after th
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