From Global News.

The B.C. government is appealing a landmark ruling handed down by the Supreme Court last week.

Attorney General Niki Sharma said the B.C. government strongly disagrees with the decision.

“British Columbia will be filing an appeal and seeking a stay to pause implementation until the appeal is resolved,” she said in a statement.

The land claim ruling, which was Canada’s longest trial, was brought forward by four First Nations — Quw’utsun Nation, Cowichan Tribes, along with the Stz’uminus First Nation, Penelakut Tribe, Halalt First Nation and all other descendants of the Cowichan Nation — in 2019 to recover their government-held lands near the mouth of the Fraser River.

They also sought a declaration of an Aboriginal right to fish the south arm of the Fraser River for food.

Today, land in the claim area is owned by the federal Crown, the B.C. government, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, the City of Richmond and private third parties.

As Global’s Richard Zussman and Keith Baldrey report, the implications are far-reaching.

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