A ground-breaking Supreme Court of Canada decision on Charter protection of religious beliefs that depend on sacred areas is likely to reverberate through future legal cases and will test Canada’s support of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The Ktunaxa Nation appealed a 2012 decision by the B.C. government to approve a plan by Glacier Resorts Ltd. to build Jumbo Glacier Resort, a 6,250-bed ski resort, on Crown land in the Purcell Mountains, about 55 kilometres west of Invermere.
The land, known as Qat’muk to the Ktunaxa, Nation, is believed to be the home of the Grizzly (Read more…) Spirit, the Ktunaxa spiritual source of guidance, strength and protection, and has been at the heart of a 26-year fight to stop the proposed development.