B.C. fish and game club ponders its future after Supreme Court refuses appeal
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The small fishing club near Merritt that launched the legal action is now considering its future.
A court case over public access to a pair of B.C. lakes is dead in the water after the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear an appeal.
The small fishing club near Merritt that launched the legal action is now considering its future.
The Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club had sought the country’s highest court’s opinion after the B.C. Appeal Court ruled earlier this year that U.S. billionaire Stan Kroenke, owner of Douglas Lake Cattle Company (DLCC), Canada’s largest ranch, can block the public from crossing his property to fish on Stoney and Minnie lakes, even though the lakes are Crown property.
The Supreme Court of Canada has declined to hear an appeal, leaving the club with no other recourse in the matter.
The club is now considering whether it will proceed with a separate lake access case and whether it will even continue to exist in the face of having to pay the cattle company’s appeal legal costs as ordered by the provincial decision.
The club is also suing the DLCC, Corbett Lake Lodge and the province for allegedly blocking public access to Corbett Lake via the highway right-of-way of the Okanagan Connector that extends into a portion of the lake.
Club member Rick McGowan told Kamloops This Week that a meeting is planned for Wednesday (Oct. 13) to decide whether to drop that case.
McGowan said given the rulings made by the provincial court of appeal, he’s not sure it would be worth pursuing a similar case related to access to Corbett Lake. He said the club will also be discussing, at the meeting, its options regarding the DLCC’s legal fees, which it has no intention of paying. McGowan said the club will either have to declare bankruptcy or form a new club under a new name.
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