The province says it plans to hold off on changes to the Heritage Conservation Act so local governments can have a say.

B.C. is backing down after local officials unleashed a barrage of criticism over the past week, arguing they were not properly consulted on proposed changes to the law that governs how landowners must deal with First Nations' cultural sites.

Premier David Eby said on Friday (Sept. 26) that the decision to involve municipalities more in the process is a "course correction."

The Heritage Conservation Act governs the archeological assessment process for sites with cultural artifacts. Discontent over the way the province has handled its rewrite built over the week as local government leaders gathered in Victoria at the annual meeting of the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UB

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