Aboriginal gravesites halt $40M development plan in Abbotsford

Sumas Mountain, in Abbotsford, BC (Sto:lo territory).

Both sides in showdown agree province’s heritage conservation laws aren’t working

By Duncan McCue, CBC News, Dec 01, 2014

A B.C. developer is calling on the province to fix gaps in heritage conservation laws, after the City of Abbotsford recently rejected his bid to build a farm equipment dealership on a property believed to be the site of aboriginal mass graves.

“This is a huge problem,” said John Glazema, director of Corpus Management Group, who lives in Abbotsford. “I feel betrayed because there shouldn’t be these types of encumbrances against private properties without having it highlighted on land title.”