The Bonaparte First Nation says Ashcroft Terminals Ltd. and defendants that include the provincial and federal governments, misled the band about the scope of construction activities for a 300-acre railway terminal port
The Bonaparte First Nation in British Columbia’s Interior is suing a shipping port company and several others, claiming railway infrastructure development has destroyed and disturbed its ancestral burial grounds.
The lawsuit alleges the terminal is on the site of Bonaparte’s historical village, which carries deep spiritual and cultural significance to the band and its members.
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