BC community angry after beloved 'Hobo Hot Springs' destroyed, mayor says nearby resort to blame

[@GaryM-d6i]

This is nothing but corporate greed. The resort was losing money. That's why they didn't want to speak to you but you know that.

[@WestcoastWendy76]

💯

[@alvinjohnston4565]

Who ever did that should have to rebuild it exactly as it was . Unbelievable

[@larrymunn5279]

For real they should have to pay the cleanup.

[@GaryM-d6i]

I am convinced it was the resort so they can make more money

[@GaryM-d6i]

The resort is there to make money and that's why it was removed and that's why they won't talk on camera

[@oldcountryboy]

Unless it is their property. If so, they can do whatever they want to with it. Somebody falls gets hurt and the property owner is responsible. I mean, it looks like it's right next to their resort.

[@Eric-lx8hp]

@@oldcountryboyit’s not

[@DavidYesUCan]

Charge the hotel with environmental damage make them restore it back to the natural state

[@himhim3344]

It's natural state didn't have all the rock pools that people built over the years. So if you want it natural it has to be free flowing

[@dposcuro]

Have to first prove, in court, with factual evidence, that it was the hotel that did it.

[@SeedsovHope-w7c]

. . The Hotel JUST IRON CLAD Guaranteed I'll Never Stay There . . . Who's With Me ? ? ?

[@friendsgroup470]

Name and shame the hotel owners

[@bestrumblenalol]

NEVER booking or staying at that hotel ever again.

[@WestcoastWendy76]

Yup nor will I , there is amazing camping in Sasquatch provincial park

[@matthopewell9796]

If joe public did that to any body of water where I'm from they would face the music for the environmental damage. Who owns that land?

[@grahamkearnon6682]

Cancelled our reservation.

[@Goouttouchgrass]

So why doesn't the city pull up with some backhoes tonight and put it back to the way it was ?

[@oldcountryboy]

Because it's probably not city property. The property probably belongs to the resort and they can do anything they want to with it. If you have. A lot of people using your property, one of those people get hurt and the property owner will be in trouble and have to pay for it.

[@dimitriosfotopoulos3689]

@@oldcountryboy Global reporter referred to the hot spring outflow as a natural resource. So does the resort own it? Or the property under it? Can this even be privately owned in Canada according to riparian rights there? There are some states here in the U.S. which hold that the water and riverbanks banks up to the high water line in navigable rivers are public domain, and despite having property on both sides, certain hunting clubs and other land owners have no right to bar people from swimming, paddling, fishing or wading up and down river. In other states, the laws seem to be more favorable to the landowners.

[@oldcountryboy]

@@dimitriosfotopoulos3689 The water itself. I don't know. But if they own the property around it. Somebody could still get hurt on their property and they Could Get sued Putting those boulders In. Didn't block the water from coming out. It just made. The spots where other people moved rocks and made like a little Hot tub Un Is accessible But there isn't enough information. We don't know who's property it is. We need more information. We have a little Creek that runs across our property. We don't own the water. Or the property underneath. We can do anything to the water. As long as we don't obstruct the water. We obviously can't put pollutants in the water. Although the city can and have. The city got closer and the water. Got less and Les clear. You used to be able to see all the way to the bottomnow it is like milky chocolate. Oh well, what can you do? Good luck to you live along and prosper.

[@timeandmaterialsdanforth5511]

That's not legal dumping. They need to be charged with a crime.

[@deliman7203]

I'm still confused, who does the land belong to, the story doesn't clarify that.

[@TheInsaneupsdriver]

public...

[@deliman7203]

@@TheInsaneupsdriver If that's the case then that mayor is a wuss. Only govt has the ability to alter public lands.

[@sawyerwhited6802]

It belongs to God as everything does.

[@benguentherjr.rempel1096]

This is disrespectful and disgusting, for the sole reason of greed and!! Whoever destroyed the natural environment, should be ordered to return it back to its former glory, as it was! And a hefty monetary fine imposed upon them!!

[@oldcountryboy]

The hot Spring is still there. They didn't destroy that they just destroyed what people built. If the property belongs to the hotelthey can do whatever they want to with it. You don't want a bunch of people using your property.Somebody could get hurt and you get sued

[@thatcanada]

Whose property is it? The hotel's or the town? Great reporting Global...

[@RainAngel111]

It isn't the hotels. They have a license to use the water from the hot springs, with some conditions. The land is owned by the village, though the province also has some jurisdiction as the waterways go through provincial crown land

[@Cheebzsta]

@@RainAngel111 All water, surface or groundwater, is owned by the province for its residents and private individuals pay a license right to use it. So yeah. If the license isn't exclusive and the change of the waterways isn't approve the province *absolutely* has jurisdiction.

[@terryhui67]

If you can find any small aquatic life in the pools then the hotel is in breach of environmental laws and DFO should get involved.

[@drquinnmedicinewoman7786]

The same thing happend at Fairmont hot springs in bc, the resort altered the hotsprings water so it no longer flowed to the hobo hotsprings there

[@chrismacgillivray]

Hopefully the Ministry of Environment is looking into this. Definitely illegal to dump construction debris into creeks and waterways.

[@Alex_Plante]

That's what I was thinking. Generally there are stiff fines for damaging a waterway.

[@HenriqueTavares]

Unbeliavble what greedy coorpoartion does for money. Never go to this Resort

[@bcbradley]

That's next level greed at its finest

[@pgmurrin]

People should boycott the dam hotel. The rich people are getting away with everything, greedy people

[@patallen5095]

Easy answer. Who owns the property the "hobo hot springs" was/is located on? If the resort owns the property.......not a good corporate neighbour.

[@RainAngel111]

The land absolutely was not owned by the hotel. They have a limited license to pump the spring water that's all.

[@michaelyano6094]

Boycott Harrison Hot Springs.

[@RainAngel111]

Wish they'd also looked into and named and shamed the hotel owners. This is potentially a much bigger story. The Harrison Hot Springs Resort, which used to be a shining example of luxury in the great outdoors, is in shambles. It's owned by a Chinese company who don't care at all about the locals or nature. They treat employees terribly and have overall just wrecked the place trying to pull as much money out of it as possible. Name and Shame them global News!

[@c.j.bloudell8290]

I’m never staying there again.

[@jasonthompson9851]

Having lived in the area my whole life and have frequented HHS.. this is absolutely something the resort would do. They're constantly gouging visitors and really look for almost any way to deter locals and the local/small town atmosphere to basically say you're too poor for us to take your money.

[@darlene9154]

Should never be allowed. This is natural! 😡

[@parmindergill2208]

Hot spring sould be under village control.

[@joshanderson924]

What's village control a village is a place

[@kc3678]

No surveillance camera anywhere. Get the community to "rebuild" it then mount a trail camera somewhere for next time.

[@simonemueller7693]

Hotel has not changed since 40 years

[@g.nicholson7568]

With enough man power and tools, the community could arrange the new free big rocks into bigger better pools. Maybe send the resort a nice bouquet of flowers with a card thanking them for their contribution to the project.

[@bob-p7x6j]

If they find out for sure that the hotel did this, then they should be penalized financially and through social media shaming, they don't "own" natural hot springs, it is for everyone......

[@HJWhitehall]

What about the community pool that is not associated with Harrison Hot Springs Resort? The community pool is nice, is tapped into the hot spring, and is not expensive.

[@marykelly8712]

Who owns the area? Kind of the most important issue. If public...sue. If private....you'll have to buy it to "have control" of it's use.

[@StanTheMan-us3tp]

Typical corporate

[@CSIS-Spy]

City needs to remove the holders and charge the resort for the expense

[@yvettepaulson4967]

Not surprising at all. Who's property is it on? If it's the resorts, I'm surprised they don't have "Private Property " signs. You don't get anything for free these days. Developers spent big bucks to harness this natural resource so not likely they want to share for free.

[@timeandmaterialsdanforth5511]

Not. It's a stream.. They don't own waterways.

[@zachweyrauch2988]

​@@timeandmaterialsdanforth5511 Some people just want everyone to be comfortable under the boot with them. They hate our freedom.

[@pampeake3275]

it's public property. No one but the crown can own or control any waterways in Canada.

[@alexanderscott2567]

The stream is in Canada, not North Korea!!! Never go fulltard.

[@wildandliving]

I think someone should report it to natural resource or conservation officers tampering with natural streams is an offense

[@RYNGIN]

Greed is evil... Goofs!

[@johac7637]

It is private property, the resort was built on those springs,but that is no excuse to alienate yourself, namely the Hotel from the residents. Also the boycott of the Hotel, Community pool would change their minds.

[@genehasenbuhler2594]

For the act alone the resort should be permanently barred from doing business! Thus shutting it down never to be opened again and fined the value of perceived revenue for the planned length of the resort's lifespan!

[@lauriivey7801]

If the resort doesn't own the land, they have no business altering it.

[@mlaiuppa]

They did it for greed. The resort wants it all for themselves. They don’t want anyone to enjoy nature for free. Now, depending on where the property line is, if that is public or city land, the city can require the resort to repair the damage. Which they won’t do. They won’t admit they did it. So the city can bring in equipment and repair it and send a warning decease and desist letter to the resort, threatening to revoke their business license if any future damage occurs. Would be a shame if they also lost their food and liquor licenses as well.

[@mixedmediaoutsidebox]

Boycott Harrison!!!!

[@reddog9462]

The resort should be charged with millions of dollars of damage to a natural spring

[@user9b2]

Boycott the hotel??

[@SenoraSenora-u4x]

Hmm did nature do it? Or man made😢

[@majykfngrz]

Just boycott the hotel from now on, and they’ll learn what their greed will cost them.

[@stardust4987]

If its not on their property they should be sued and made to clean it up and put it back the way it was. Its not just humans who have been impacted. That Hot spring was there long before the resort.

[@impsquared]

100% hotel's greed! They don't own the hot spring!

[@themikesuh]

Rent some front end loaders and relocate the boulders to the the road leading to the entrance of the hotel. It would be on the city to remove them since its on municipal property but gosh darn, theres a backlog of infrastructure work to be done. What a shame the hotel wouldnt be able to recieve guests for a couple months.

[@mikeohagan2206]

Get rid of that Hotel, and fine them into non-existence.

[@GlynnisFitzpatrick]

Bastards. They have no right to do that.

[@WarrenPostma]

If it's private land, then perhaps they do. The story doesn't make it clear who owns that little square of land.

[@dicmccoy]

They should be sued for damaging it.

[@averagejoe7333]

The resort will pay for this now that it has been exposed . The thing is will it then be government greed at work or the original pools restored .

[@AndrewB-kq7qe]

Dig it out bigger, why does a hotel have any control over a natural occurance, that's township property meaning ALL townsfolk have a piece and say

[@alanhui3914]

I would not go to that resort again. They better fix it.

[@ransom182]

Nationalize the resort - they have proven their style of management is not in the public interest. Let the profits flow directly to the community.

[@joshanderson924]

Yeah that worked out so well for countries like North Korea and Venezuela

[@waynemanning3262]

Is it on private or public lands? If its private then they can do what they want subject to ministry laws, if its public then charge whoever dumped the boulders!

[@lynnboyd1229]

What do the authorities say about this? Ministry of Environment and whoever else is in charge of nature.

[@tinanilo6226]

If anyone else were to drop a bunch of rocks in a creek they'd be fined and charged. Why not in this case?

[@959151]

Who owns the spring property?

[@PoplarPonderosa]

1:22 not a good segue

[@bwianeh]

the hotel should be fined and made to clean up the mess they made

[@mariap.5368]

Greed!! How pathetic

[@n6663]

Disgusting behaviour. IT's like the "bad guy" in a western movie. Absolutely pathetic and I think and hope this will backfire on the hotel. I'd also like to know how they circumvented the regulations on not introducing sediment into a stream.

[@Aitch-102]

Harrison is a dump.

[@Joe-kf5sm]

There is a public pool in town that has the spring water flowing into it.

[@WhiteBear65-nk6zf]

They have a real life Mr.Burns,watching the peasants luxuriate...for free!😂

[@Pajer100]

Whose property was it?

[@hollyshaw-elliemae]

thats a resort? it looks like chernobyl

[@Gbalz]

Lol

[@wildandliving]

The government should seize the hotel under the proceeds of crime act. They financially benfited by doing a crime money and property can be seized

[@foofie789]

fine them and restore the free hot spring!

[@ianmclaughlin8987]

"Ahh shadup and go back to yer tiny homes, ye poor peasants." Cried the owner of the resort, what a pos, disgusting.

[@WestcoastWendy76]

It all boils down to money, the resort can charge now that the free one is gone

[@MsJellyBellyLove]

Greed will be the end of us.

[@roryherman7693]

They should be sued

[@codechrist]

That’s evil!

[@MikeFoster-sy8jl]

Sounds like an Investment opportunity for new owners! The first thing I would do is restore that and or make it better then start the new signage process

[@spamburger-qr7mi]

this is definaty illegal

[@aggproduction5704]

That's just a Karen who couldn't see people happy

[@thatcanadianchick7589]

Is the overflow pools on public land or the hotels ! Crappy thing to do regardless !!

[@johnnycrash3270]

I have been there Beautiful Relaxing Natures FREE gift to us 🥰 It doesn't take much thinking to figure out Cooperate GREED😈 BOYCOTT HARRISON RESORT 👎👎👎👎

[@donlaroque8028]

Turn off their water

[@Ryan22128]

Tampering with a water shed. Theres a creek that runs through my property and i cant touch it with out enviromental looking at it first

[@RaivenBC]

Pretty obvious it’s on hotel property and it’s a liability issue, if someone were to get hurt in there they could get sued, so they decided to get rid of it, sad but totally within their right. Was is a dick move, yeah, but I’ll bet some crybaby who was using the springs complained about something and the resort said fine, no more.

[@HaloFlemz86]

a peasant, im sure I can't afford to stay at Harrison.

[@NBuss-x1u]

Anybody else that interferes with the flow of a natural waterway gets in big trouble and faces huge fines. So how much is the fine going to be for this resort?

[@alstclair]

And people ask me why I'm misanthropic.😂

[@minenotyours2287]

I agree Brad.

[@VE3LIX]

Could this be an MNR issue?

[@NONi-vx9dm]

Why!!!! it’s all about the money ,why should you enjoy it for free when they can charge you? This country no longer belongs to us

[@dmcneil6113]

The business did it.

[@blueabattoir]

Corporate scumbags.

[@42022coop]

Ask some Indigenous Nations in the area to help advocate with this. We all know now the Indigenous Nations of canada are the land guardians of the land. Nobody knows the land better than the Nations that have already been spiritually connected to the land before anyone was even here. Its rooted in the DNA for each area. They may be able to help.

[@stevejones924]

Harrison Hot Springs probably are anoid they arent making $$$ from people. Either way, come on city, get your equipment back in there and fix it. Or maybe an Excavator operator could "lend" his services to rebuild it? How 'bout it operators???

[@real_lostinthefogofwar]

Those that invite bad karma usually regret it

[@nutmegsonuttz8854]

Boycot for life

[@gailallen6350]

Follow the money.

[@elbt101]

Very typical of the area. Everythhubg gets ruined. I was there last year and it was nice. The resort is pretty lame

[@Rick911Mr]

But you do not have a civilised society in the USA.

[@minenotyours2287]

What the ****???

[@lynngalibois1937]

Money Money Money