{"id":11584,"date":"2015-08-29T07:19:01","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T12:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=11584"},"modified":"2015-08-29T07:19:01","modified_gmt":"2015-08-29T12:19:01","slug":"rcmp-planning-mass-arrests-at-pipeline-protest-camp-northern-b-c-chiefs-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=11584","title":{"rendered":"RCMP planning mass arrests at pipeline protest camp, northern B.C chiefs fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"story-headline\">\n<h3 class=\"story-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/rcmp-planning-mass-arrests-at-pipeline-protest-camp-northern-b-c-chiefs-fear-1.3207717\" target=\"_blank\">RCMP planning mass arrests at pipeline protest camp, northern B.C chiefs fear<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"story-deck\"><strong>RCMP say they are just working to keep the peace<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A dispute over energy projects and aboriginal rights is heating up at a pipeline protest camp in northern B.C. where First Nations leaders fear police are planning mass arrests.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2009, Wet&#8217;suwet&#8217;en people, activists and environmentalists have been building a remote camp in northern B.C. to block several major pipeline projects. They include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chevron&#8217;s Pacific Trail Pipeline.<\/li>\n<li>Enbridge&#8217;s Northern Gateway project.<\/li>\n<li>Shell&#8217;s TransCanada Coastal GasLink pipeline project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shell plans to build a 650-kilometre pipeline from B.C.&#8217;s gas-fracking region to a proposed LNG site in Kitimat.<\/p>\n<p>Spokeswoman Shela Shapiro told CBC News the company supports the right to peaceful protest, but called the RCMP after Unist&#8217;ot&#8217;en protesters prevented workers from using a public road on\u00a0Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The camp is about a two-hour\u00a0drive southwest of Houston, B.C. on rough forest roads.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro said Unist&#8217;ot&#8217;en protesters have told TransCanada staff to leave the area &#8220;on a number of occasions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday afternoon, the Unist&#8217;ot&#8217;en Camp\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unistoten\" target=\"_blank\">posted a\u00a0message on its Facebook page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Coastal Gaslink crews showed up at Chisolm checkpoint. Threatened checkpoint crew that a police report will be filed as they do not have consent to enter the territory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Non-violent occupation&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Shapiro told CBC that TransCanada \u00a0is &#8220;absolutely willing&#8221; to work with camp leaders, saying the company has made more than 90 attempts to speak with the hereditary chief and Unist&#8217;ot&#8217;en spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unistotencamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Unist&#8217;ot&#8217;en camp<\/a>\u00a0calls itself a &#8220;non-violent occupation&#8221; of traditional aboriginal land. Unist&#8217;ot&#8217;en camp protesters routinely stop traffic on remote forest service roads near the camp and turn back oil and gas crews.<\/p>\n<p>Companies trying to use the area say they&#8217;re trying to use public roads to access Crown land, and some have ferried their crews to nearby worksites by helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs says top RCMP officials have told them a major police crackdown is imminent.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<div>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RCMP planning mass arrests at pipeline protest camp, northern B.C chiefs fear RCMP say they are just working to keep the peace A dispute over energy projects and aboriginal rights is heating up at a pipeline protest camp in northern B.C. where First Nations leaders fear police are planning mass arrests. 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