VANCOUVER – BC Hydro says a family of ranchers in Vanderhoof, B.C., is wrongfully blocking access to properties that would allow its crews to clear the way for the North Coast Transmission Line, a $6-billion project the federal government has labelled a “nation-building.”

A petition filed in B.C. Supreme Court last week alleges that Kenneth Fawcett, Carolyn Fawcett and others have wrongfully prevented the company from accessing properties under rights-of-way that permit crews to conduct maintenance and construction work.

The respondents own Little Valley Farms, a multi-generational family-owned beef producer, and Kenneth Fawcett is the president of the BC Breeder and Feeder Association.

The petition says the transmission line, once built, will “become an essential part” of the province’

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