The Village of Lytton and the local regional district have filed a lawsuit against CN Rail, CP Rail and Transport Canada, accusing them of being negligent in the lead-up to the 2021 fire that destroyed the village.
In a civil suit filed in B.C. Supreme Court on June 16, the village and the Thompson-Nicola Regional District say the rail companies and the federal regulator breached their duty of care to the Fraser Canyon village just before the fire on June 30, 2021.
Hundreds of people living in and around the village had to leave that day in the community 260 kilometres northeast of Vancouver, and two people died. More than 90 per
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