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Posted: May 05, 2021 1:00 AM PT | Last Updated: May 5
This still from a video posted by K ómoks First Nation Hegus (Chief) Nicole Rempel shows the spot where human remains were discovered during work on a proposed development on Hornby Island. Work has now stopped at the site.(Facebook/Nicole Rempel)
An expansion of a popular Hornby Island pub that stalled this spring with the discovery of Indigenous human remains is threatening to become a flashpoint for relations between the province and First Nations in B.C. when it comes to heritage conservation.
What began with the issuing of a permit by the government s archaeological branch in relation to a proposal for condominiums and a new pub building dissolved into a stalemate when workers stumbled across three sets of bones including those of an infant.