Anti Pipeline Protests

• Four arrested in Vancouver after protest blocks intersection at Hastings and Clark

  Indigenous youth calling themselves Braided Warriors set up the blockade to protest a 90-day jail sentence handed to an anti-pipeline protester.

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  Mar 4, 2021
  
• Indigenous leaders to meet with Trudeau, premiers at first ministers meeting

  The leaders plan to raise a number of issues, including the recent blockades and protests mounted in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en chiefs opposed to Coastal GasLink pipeline in British Columbia.

  Canada

  Mar 12, 2020
  
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• Via Rail calls back most of 1,000 workers laid off by Wet’suwet’en blockades

  The move comes as Via Rail resumes normal service in Eastern Canada and its main cross-country line.

  Mar 5, 2020
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• Conservatives need to consider laying groundwork on Indigenous issues, MP says

  With the Conservative leadership race underway, Jamie Schmale, the party's Crown-Indigenous Relations critic, said he is looking for what candidates have to offer on the file.

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2020
• Minister prepared to stay in northern B.C. for Wet’suwet’en talks ‘as long as it takes’

  The ministers later confirmed they are staying in Smithers overnight and plan to continue talking Saturday morning.

  Canada

  Feb 29, 2020
• Via Rail to resume partial service on Eastern Canada routes starting Tuesday

  All routes across Canada affected by the Wet'suwet'en solidarity protests could be up and running again by next Friday, the company says.

  Canada

  Feb 28, 2020
• Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs meet for 2nd day with feds over pipeline dispute

  Federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett said the meetings so far have been "off to a good start."

  Canada

  Feb 28, 2020
• OPP arrest multiple protesters at Tyendinaga Mohawk rail blockade

  The OPP action came hours after a midnight deadline calling for the protesters to clear the area expired. It's not clear whether anyone faces charges.

  Canada

  Feb 24, 2020
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• Coastal Gaslink says Wet’suwet’en alternative route not ‘feasible’ — here’s why

  During the early planning stages of the pipeline, the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs proposed an alternate route, but Coastal Gaslink deemed it unacceptable.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2020
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• Via Rail cancels plans to resume Montreal-Quebec City service as new blockade pops up

  Protesters set up a blockade Wednesday afternoon on the Mont-Saint-Hilaire line in Saint-Lambert, Que., in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs.

  Canada

  Feb 19, 2020