Another standoff is brewing in British Columbia, this time over a ski resort. People of the Penticton First Nation and two other Native communities are fighting a $20-million expansion of a nearby ski resort.
They have built fortified bunkers along a road, and say they are armed and prepared to defend themselves against a police assault.
“In the event the province (keeps) provoking and pushing, there’s that potential that it could escalate,” said Stewart Phillip, a spokesman for the protesters, in one report.
But Philip added that any weapons band members have are legal for hunting.
“They grow up and learn how to hunt at a very early age and they’re familiar with firearms.” The bunkers were built on land which the Penticton band seeks title to. They also want more environmental studies of the resort expansion.
