Squatters rights cases heading to court, opposition concerned about long and costly legal battle

    Monday, 28 August 2023 12:00

    By Tonya Organ

    Pleaman Forsey says there will be an expensive and long legal battle this fall as government takes its own residents to court over outstanding Crown Lands issue.

    Forestry opposition shadow Pleaman Forsey says there will be an expensive and long legal battle this fall as government takes its own residents to court over outstanding Crown Lands issue. He says the Diamond family in Catalina are due in court in October since government can’t find a solution for them, and many others across the province, who are finding out they don’t own the land they’ve lived on for decades. Sometimes these cases, referred to as squatters rights, can date back hundreds of years. 

     

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