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'Where can we go?': Court evicts two owners of floating homes near Nelson

  • The B.C. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Ministry of Forests against Kyley Gagnon and Hannah Chessman, stating they were unlawfully occupying Crown land on Kootenay Lake.
  • Justice Lindsay Lyster ordered Gagnon and Chessman to relocate their houseboats by July due to violations of B.C.'s Land Act.
  • Gagnon expressed the need for a community policy for floating homes and indicated confusion over provincial communications regarding their situation.
  • Lyster noted that Gagnon and Chessman must remove their floating homes by July as they violated B.C.'s Land Act by living on Crown land without permission.
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'Where can we go?': Court evicts two owners of floating homes near Nelson

"I sympathize," said judge, because the homes are not causing harm or obstruction

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Today In BC broke the news in on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.
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