The conflict in northern B.C. over the Coastal GasLink pipeline caught greater international attention on Nov. 22 when Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio chimed in, posting on Twitter a video of RCMP officers confronting indigenous activists opposed to the pipeline. “After setting up a blockade to protect their land, community, and sacred headwaters Wedzin Kwa from Coastal GasLink’s […]
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BC Coastal GasLink Pipeline Conflict Gets International Attention While Some Warn of One-Sided Information
November 25th, 2021 Awake Goy
Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders Say Inaction Prompted Enforcement Of Coastal GasLink Eviction
November 18th, 2021 Awake Goy
Above Photo: Haudenosaunee supporters ride a Coastal GasLink excavator as they help to close the road in Gidimt’en territory on Sunday, Nov. 14. Amber Bracken / The Narwhal. When the pipeline company failed to act on an immediate evacuation order, land defenders decommissioned a service road, cutting off access to project sites and work camps […]