By Matt Simmons, The Narwhal, Local Journalism Initiative reporter
RCMP arrested two journalists, including photojournalist Amber Bracken, on assignment for The Narwhal, during police enforcement of a Coastal GasLink injunction in northwest B.C. Friday.
Continue reading RCMP arrest journalists, matriarchs and land defenders following Gidimt’en eviction of Coastal GasLinkBy Matt Simmons, The Narwhal, Local Journalism Initiative reporter
Wet’suwet’en land defenders and supporters say inaction from B.C. and Canada left them no choice but to enforce an eviction order against Coastal GasLink workers and deactivate road access to the project, a pair of measures that have prompted the provincial and federal governments to call for a peaceful resolution to the blockades.
Continue reading Wet’suwet’en land defenders say BC, federal inaction prompted enforcement of Coastal GasLink evictionTerrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The remote northwest B.C. First Nation community of Iskut has been lobbying the RCMP and the provincial government for more than 20 years now for its own police detachment but with no luck.
Continue reading A First Nation’s 20-year fight to get an RCMP detachmentGrand Chief Stewart Phillip, President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, is among those speaking out against Horgan’s proposal to defer logging on 2.6 million hectares of the province’s most at risk old growth forests.
Continue reading Why Grand Chief Stewart Phillip is against Horgan’s proposed old growth logging deferralsTerrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Following two new arrests at the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline site near Houston this week, Skeena BC Liberal MLA Ellis Ross came forward in support of pipeline workers and spoke about protecting them.
“The workers are not at fault here. They are just doing the job they were supposed to do under a contract with the company. They should not be exposed to anything, other than just doing a job that was lawful.”
Continue reading B.C. MLA calls for protection of CGL pipeline workers, slams ‘arrogant’ NDP government
