{"id":50445,"date":"2020-01-06T10:30:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T15:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=50445"},"modified":"2020-01-06T10:31:03","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T15:31:03","slug":"one-year-after-rcmp-raid-tensions-rise-as-wetsuweten-evict-pipeline-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=50445","title":{"rendered":"One Year after RCMP Raid, Tensions Rise as Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en Evict Pipeline Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/News\/2020\/01\/05\/Year-After-RCMP-Raid-Wetsuweten-New-injunction\/\">One Year after RCMP Raid, Tensions Rise as Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en Evict Pipeline Company<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018It\u2019s unnerving that might be our reality again.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/News\/2020\/01\/03\/Unistoten-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"Unistoten-Cover.jpg\"\/><figcaption>The Gidimt\u2019en camp is located south of Smithers in northern British Columbia.&nbsp;Photo by Michael Toledano.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One year after a police raid in northern British Columbia attracted international attention, tensions between Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en land defenders and Coastal GasLink are rising once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company\u2019s recent victory in winning a court decision granting it a permanent injunction against Indigenous protest camps was short-lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday, Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en Hereditary Chiefs evicted the company from their territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCoastal GasLink [CGL] has violated the Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en law of trespass, and has bulldozed through our territories, destroyed our archaeological sites, and occupied our land with industrial man-camps,\u201d a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.interior-news.com\/news\/wetsuweten-and-coastal-gaslink-full-statements-on-eviction-from-houston-work-site\/\">statement<\/a>from the chiefs said. \u201cPrivate security firms and RCMP have continually interfered with the constitutionally protected rights of Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en people to access our lands for hunting, trapping, and ceremony.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company confirmed Sunday that it had received the eviction notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have reached out to better understand their reasons and are hopeful we can find a mutually agreeable path forward,\u201d it said in a statement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said trees had been felled across a road, making it impassable. \u201cWhile it is unclear who felled these trees, this action is a clear violation of the Interlocutory Injunction as it prevents our crews from accessing work areas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Molly Wickham (Sledyo\u2019), one of the land defenders, said last month she feared the then-impending court decision would bring more conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Wickham stirred a simmering moose stew on a wood stove in the cook tent at Gidimt\u2019en camp, she worried the judgement might bring a repeat of last year\u2019s RCMP raid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One Year after RCMP Raid, Tensions Rise as Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en Evict Pipeline Company \u2018It\u2019s unnerving that might be our reality again.\u2019 One year after a police raid in northern British Columbia attracted international attention, tensions between Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en land defenders and Coastal GasLink are rising once again. 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