KITTY LITTER
January 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIECANADIAN landowners are appealing against a court decision that has confirmed the right of mining companies to exploit minerals under land that they do not own. Every province in the country is bound by similar laws - dating back to nineteenth century's gold-rushes - that state that mining is the first and best use of land, so therefore mining companies should have access to privately held property. In this case, it is Western Industrial Clay Products that staked a claim to the minerals under Carolyn Bepple's ranch in Kamloops, British Columbia, to ...
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