Along a rural stretch of No. 6 Road in south Richmond, residents have a lot of questions — not to mention fear — after a B.C. Supreme Court ruling granted the Cowichan Tribes on Vancouver Island land title rights that encompass their properties.

Judy Kutny is one of them.

She is not happy about the ruling and wants to know how it’s possible there is now uncertainty over the title to her family’s land.

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“It’s scary,” says Kutny, standing on the doorstep of the home she has lived in for 35 years.

Her initial response to the idea that somebody might have some right to her property is blunt.

“I don’t think so,” she says.

The court ruling released in August found that the Cowichan Tribes of Vancouver Island had Aboriginal title to

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