“Despite a two-week cooling off period between aboriginal protesters and Bear Mountain Resort, a disputed cave site will be developed as planned, say Bear Mountain officials. Songhees and Tsartlip First Nations and Bear Mountain agreed to a truce Friday, after about a half-dozen protesters occupied the cave site Thursday, prompting the Aboriginal Relations Minister Mike de Jong to step in. Bear Mountain agreed to stop construction within a 100-metre buffer zone around the cave, which sits near prime real estate at the top of Skirt Mountain in Langford. Local First Nations say the cave has ancient spiritual significance, and it should be protected and preserved.” (01/03/07)