An Indigenous family’s dream of running their own agri-tourism business has been shattered after they discovered the property they spent their life savings on sits on archaeologically important land.
On the brink of financial ruin, the family is asking the province to buy them out. And they are calling on provincial and local governments to flag archaeological sites to property buyers moving forward.
Marty and Kimberley Paul sold their home in 100 Mile House and moved to Soda Creek with their three young children last August, spending all their savings on a 79-acre property.
Since then, they say they have invested about $700,000 building infrastructure on the new property.
Their dream was to have a vegetable farm
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