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Wet’suwet’en, Coast Salish leaders share solidarity in pipeline fights
Wet’suwet’en and Coast Salish leaders came together in solidarity over parallel pipeline fights on their sovereign homelands during a
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Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs continue to spread word about pipeline conflict
While the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline is underway, Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs have embarked on a cross-Canada tour to
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‘Unrestrained’ B.C. RCMP unit should be reined in or phased out, opponents say
Exclusion zones, psychological manipulation, siege tactics and arbitrary detention. Theft of property, pain compliance and withholding the
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UN committee calls for investigation of RCMP on Secwepemc and Wet’suwet’en territories
Weeks after the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) issued a letter urging Canada to stop construction of
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Ottawa tracked Mohawk-Wet’suwet’en links, feared repeat of 2020 blockades: memo
Federal officials feared links between Mohawk activists and Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs could spark a repeat of 2020’s countrywide
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Wet’suwet’en chief says policing is ‘industry driven’ as documents show raid was rubber stamped by government
Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’Moks says it’s “unsettling” to see how easily the B.C. RCMP’s secretive Community-Industry Response
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Land rights defenders weigh in on CGL incident on Wet’suwet’en territory
They’ve helped keep Indigenous rights on the national agenda but say they weren’t involved in a destructive attack on a pipeline construction
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RCMP release video footage of sabotage attack on CGL pipeline
Still from phone camera shows attackers dressed in white winter camouflage brandishing tools as they enter the CGL work site. by Kendra Mangione, CTV
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No link to existing protests found in Coastal Gaslink investigation, RCMP say
by Ian Holliday, CTV News, February 20, 2022 Mounties investigating the attack on a natural gas pipeline construction site in northern B.C. say
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‘We just get violence:’ Is there an inequality gap when it comes to protesting?
If the largely white, vaccine-mandate protesters idling in the nation’s capital were Indigenous, veteran activists say police would have arrested
Year in review 2021: A look back at the stories out of northern B.C.
It was a busy year in northern British Columbia. APTN National News video journalist Lee Wilson looks back at his stories beginning with a journey
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B.C. approves RCMP redeployment to Wet’suwet’en territory same day floods destroyed critical infrastructure
The British Columbia government authorized emergency RCMP redeployment to Wet’suwet’en territory on the same day catastrophic floods ravaged
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Using Indigenous peoples as political pawns in resource development is simply wrong: JP Gladu in the Globe and Mail
Resource development, from forestry to mining to oil and gas to fishing, is often the best, and for many nations, the only, transformative... The
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B.C. greenlit more Mounties on Wet’suwet’en territory before 3rd raid
The British Columbia government authorized an RCMP request for increased police presence on Wet’suwet’en territory to crack down on pipeline
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Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders Condemn Violent Police Raid Against Pipeline Protest
Canadian police continue to arrest Indigenous land defenders blocking construction of Coastal GasLink, a 400-mile pipeline that would carry natural