UPDATE: March 31, 2016 – Kristin has reportedly been taken to hospital after her heart rate dropped to a dangerous level.
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It has been 18 days since Kristin Henry has eaten.
She has been on a hunger strike outside BC Hydro’s offices in Vancouver in protest over the building of the Site C Dam.
“The Treaty 8 Nations have brought to court the objections to the development of the Site C Dam in the Peace Valley and the construction companies who have been contracted to clear-cut the forests are not waiting for the judges’ decisions in the court,” said Nick, a friend of Henry’s, who did not want his last name used. “So there’s illegal construction of a dam happening right now.”
Last August, a B.C. Supreme Court judge and the federal court rejected attempts by a pair of British Columbia First Nations to halt the construction of the hydroelectric dam.
In February, BC Hydro won the court battle to remove protesters from the Site C Dam project. Justice G. Bruce Butler of the B.C. Supreme Court ruled that it would be “contrary to the public interest” to allow demonstrators to continue trying to shut down work on the dam.
But despite setbacks, it appears Henry is not going to give up. Today is the start of day 19.
“I’m worried about her, I hope she starts eating,” said Nick.
“She’s hungry.”
The hydroelectric dam is a $8.8-billion project on the Peace River, near Fort St. John.
-With files from The Canadian Press
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