"Tensions are rising in the Fraser River Canyon where native bands are in conflict over aboriginal fishing sites that have been used for centuries.

In past fishing seasons, nets have been cut loose, fishermen's vehicles have been vandalized and people have been assaulted in fights over fishing sites.

But now the conflict is threatening to escalate to a new level with fears that drying racks and fishing cabins along the river near Yale could be destroyed as bands clash over rich fishing grounds north of Hope."

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Mark Hume: Fraser River spawns native conflict (The Globe and Mail 6/7)

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