Notice of Seizure issued for Kwaleen Elementary

In an interesting turn of events - a group by the name of the T’silhquot’in Nation has placed a Notice of Seizure and a locked gate at the former Kwaleen Elementary school in Williams Lake on South Lakeside Drive.

In addition, the group has demanded School District #27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin) to stop the deposition of school properties at:

* former Glendale Elementary
* former McLeese Lake Elementary
* former Poplar Grove Elementary
* 100 Mile Jr Secondary
* Anahim Lake
* Glencoe School

as these above-mentioned properties lie in the territory of  the T’silhquot’in Nation

Joe Alphonse, Tribal Chair of the Tsilhqot’in National Government (TNG) says this group has no affiliation with TNG while SD 27 Superintendent Mark Thiessen is not able to offer a lot of comment except that the current tenant at the former Kwaleen Elementary is vacating...

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