The Container Port development found itself on the register yesterday at the Supreme Court, the first of two cases being presented in Ottawa. Hopefully they move quickly on the files, since uncertainty and divisiveness are not the best of climates for this town.
COAST BANDS IN COURT TODAY OVER NEW PORT
By Leanne Ritchie
The Daily News
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Page One
The Coast Tsmishian are in federal court today arguing that the government failed to fully consult and accommodate them regarding the conversion of Fairview Terminal into a container port.
Greg McDade of Ratcliff and Company, legal counsel for Lax Kw’alaams and Metlakatla, said the hearing for the first of two legal challenges should take all day.
“This is a case about whether the position about Lax Kw’alaams title is right,â€