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Claim to rifle range lands may be settled
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Sto:lo bands say they were never consulted about former base lands
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The four individual pieces of “Four Seasons of the Canadian Flag” represent the flag from spring to winter, and were originally created in 1975 for its 10th birthday when Newhouse was 27. “I was quite excited about the Canadian flag being 10 years old,” Newhouse said. “I remember when it was raised I was 17 years old and it had an impact on me.” That was in 1965 at exactly noon, Feb. 15 on Parliament Hill in Ottawa when the Canadian Red Ensign, the current flag’s predecessor was lowered and replaced by the bright red and white maple leaf used by Canada today. The Canadian Red Ensign removed that day (1957-1965) was a remake of the original (19211957), both of which displayed the Union Jack and the shield of the royal arms of Canada. Newhouse said the previous flag “was kind of
settlement may be on the horizon to a longstanding dispute between local Sto:lo bands and the federal government over 120 acres of land in Vedder Crossing that includes G.W. Graham middle secondary and Vedder elementary schools. An 80-day BC Supreme Court hearing was scheduled to start Monday in the case of Chief Joe Hall versus Canada Lands Company Limited, but Hall confirmed Tuesday the case was adjourned until March 9 “to give the parties an opportunity to resolve the matter.” Hall’s name is on the lawsuit, but he is there on behalf of band members from Tzeachten, Skowkale and Yakweakwioose First Nations. The bands seek possession of the properties, compensation for those portions that cannot be restored to them, and damages for loss of use of the subject lands. The suit is against not just Canada Lands, but also the governments of Canada and British Columbia.
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Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965) Greg Laychak/TIMES
Max Newhouse poses in front of his series of paintings “Four Seasons of the Canadian Flag” which will be on display for the 50th birthday of the maple leaf design.
Artist Max Newhouse resurrects his poetic ode to Canadian flag to honour 50th anniversary BY GREG LAYCHAK glaychak@chilliwacktimes.com
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t took Max Newhouse about two hours to set up his Canadian flag series last week on Cultus Lake’s Main Beach, but it took him 40 years to dig the paintings out of storage. On Feb. 15 Newhouse will have the four-byeight-foot display of his work out for all to see in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the official inauguration of the country’s flag.
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