Economy

As Canada's First Nations Start Developing Their Land, Is Sprawl Inevitable?

British Columbia's Tsawwassen First Nation's first development project will be a massive exurban shopping mall.
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Photo: Nate Berg

The temperature’s dipping toward zero on the Celsius side and the fog is settling down to the ground in the vast rural area of Tsawwassen, British Columbia, about 20 miles south of Vancouver, close to the edge of the Strait of Georgia.