{"id":14974,"date":"2025-10-27T15:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slategray-tarsier-869990.hostingersite.com\/?p=14974"},"modified":"2025-11-08T13:11:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T13:11:43","slug":"dump-site-on-cowichan-tribes-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/?p=14974","title":{"rendered":"Dump site on Cowichan Tribes reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/download-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" \/><br \/>\nIn August 2023, it was reported that there was dumping of large amounts of material on land within the Cowichan Tribes reserve on Tzouhalem Road.  The unauthorized dump site is causing environmental concerns due to the presence of construction and demolition debris, soil, and other materials. Asbestos was detected. A recent report estimated the volume of waste exceeded 290,000 cubic meters and highlighted issues with leachate impacting the Cowichan River.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sixmountains.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sixmountains.avif 540w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sixmountains-300x197.avif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><br \/>\nWaste at the dump site includes construction debris, imported soil, wood, and household garbage. It releases harmful substances like heavy metals (arsenic, lead, zinc), hydrocarbons, and volatile organic compounds. The MOE order relates to 3 lots 5544 Indian Road above the Cowichan River.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Logo_300x300_pxl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Logo_300x300_pxl.png 300w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Logo_300x300_pxl-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nJames Anthony Peter, 59, has been fingered for the illegal dumping and for the expensive task of cleaning it up. Peter is required to hire a professional to develop a site pollution prevention and remediation plan. He appeared on a <a href=\"https:\/\/cowichantribes.com\/application\/files\/7616\/4364\/8004\/February_Newsletter-01.10.2022-Final.pdf\">list of Councillor Candidates<\/a> in 2022. <\/p>\n<table><Tr><\/p>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/download-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"192\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14979\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The three destroyed lots fall on Cowichan Tribes land.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/199372-map-cowichan-first-nation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/199372-map-cowichan-first-nation.jpg 799w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/199372-map-cowichan-first-nation-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/199372-map-cowichan-first-nation-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><br \/>\nFisheries and Oceans Canada has conducted a \u201cformal investigation\u201d into the dumping on the Cowichan Tribes reserve on Tzouhalem Road.<br \/>\nCowichan Tribes<br \/>\n5760 Allenby Road<br \/>\nDuncan, BC   V9L 5J1<br \/>\nAdmin.Reception@CowichanTribes.com<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sixmountains-1.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1225\" height=\"689\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sixmountains-1.avif 1225w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sixmountains-1-300x169.avif 300w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sixmountains-1-1024x576.avif 1024w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sixmountains-1-768x432.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1225px) 100vw, 1225px\" \/><br \/>\nSee &#8212;&#8211;><a href=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/?p=11162\">https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/?p=11162<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In August 2023, it was reported that there was dumping of large amounts of material on land within the Cowichan Tribes reserve on Tzouhalem Road. The unauthorized dump site is causing environmental concerns due to the presence of construction and demolition debris, soil, and other materials. Asbestos was detected. A recent report estimated the volume [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[733],"class_list":["post-14974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cowichan-tribes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Logo_300x300_pxl.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14974"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15432,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14974\/revisions\/15432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}