Terrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
British Columbia RCMP E Division will be reviewing police action that took place during the arrest of two Gitxsan men at Hazelton CN rail tracks on Nov. 21, said Warren Brown, chief superintendent of the north district.
Continue reading B.C. RCMP will review Hazelton arrests following Stikine MLA’s “complaint letter”By John Woodside, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Three land defenders claim they were subjected to dehumanizing treatment at the hands of RCMP following their arrests on unceded Wet’suwet’en land on Nov. 18.
Continue reading Land defenders arrested at Wet’suwet’en blockade allege mistreatment by RCMPThe Cortes Island Evacuation Plan is complete.
“I am just begging every Cortes Islander to pick up and go through the plan before all this happens, so everybody is aware,” said Strathcona Regional District (SRD) Protective Services Coordinator Shaun Koopman. “Please don’t wait till the last minute to educate yourself about evacuations and emergency support services and how you’re going to be notified and whether or not you have insurance and all those important evacuation considerations.”
Continue reading The Cortes Island Evacuation PlanNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A caravan of seniors wound its way along pitch-black logging roads early Thursday to be in place before first light to block old-growth logging in the Fairy Creek region on southwest Vancouver Island.
A contingent of 30 from across the island and adjacent Gulf Islands arrived at Granite Main Road at 6 a.m. to try to stall the road-building and clear-cutting of the forest giants by Teal-Jones in tree farm licence (TFL) 46 near Port Renfrew.
Continue reading Seniors arrested as Fairy Creek blockade digs in for winterBy John Woodside, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Hundreds of academics have signed an open letter calling for government intervention in the wake of RCMP enforcement of an injunction granted to Coastal GasLink to build a pipeline through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory.
Continue reading Hundreds of academics call for RCMP’s ‘immediate retreat’ from Wet’suwet’en territory
