Marc Miller

Developer Gregoire Gollin thought he had a steal when he purchased 220 hectares of land between the First Nations territory of Kanesatake and the neighbouring village of Oka, Que., in 2004.

A war of words between a First Nations grand chief and a small-town Quebec mayor instigated hours of meetings on Friday, July 26, 2019, with federal and provincial officials, but the underlying conflict between the two communities goes back centuries.