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RCMP to review arrests at B.C. pipeline blockade and create temporary detachment

The RCMP will review the actions of officers who arrested 14 people at an Indigenous pipeline blockade in northwestern British Columbia, and will also erect a temporary detachment to maintain safety in the area.

By Laura Kane | News, Politics | January 15th 2019

Horgan sees 'no quick fix'

Premier John Horgan of British Columbia said on Wednesday that he sees “no quick fix” to the surging Canadian question about territorial rights as a First Nation group and law enforcement clashed in a remote northern part of the province this week.

By Morgan Sharp | News, Energy, Politics | January 9th 2019

Support for Wet’suwet’en drives Trudeau to delay speech, change venues

Anger at Canada’s support for fossil fuel expansion boiled over Tuesday, forcing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to physically change venues before giving a speech to Indigenous leaders in Ottawa — where he failed to mention a blockade in British Columbia that had spurred a nationwide solidarity movement.

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By Carl Meyer | News, Energy, Politics | January 8th 2019

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RCMP raids Gitdumt'en checkpoint

RCMP say they arrested 14 people from a blockade to a forest service road in northern British Columbia that is preventing access to a pipeline project.

By Canada's National Observer | News, Politics | January 8th 2019

TransCanada takes Unist'ot'en Community leaders to court

TransCanada served an injunction on Nov. 26, 2018, against two leaders of the Unist'ot'en camp, accusing the members of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation of blocking access in the area around the Morice River Bridge. Hereditary leaders of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation stand unified against pipelines in the territories they are obliged to protect through their traditional system of governance.

By Emilee Gilpin | News, Energy, Politics | December 5th 2018