Newfoundland Family Discovers Home Built on Expropriated Land 14 Years Later

N.L. government expropriated this family's home 14 years ago for a highway. They sold the land instead

Hannah and Cyndie Stapleton said they were gobsmacked to discover a new home is being built where their former home once stood — over 13 years after it was expropriated. Now, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Barry Petten says the department is developing a new land disposition policy.