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B.C. business group, Crime Stoppers offer $100K reward for tips on Coastal GasLink camp attackIt’s been almost 10 months now since a violent and costly attack on a northern B.C. pipeline project and no arrests – so a new strategy is being employed. As Emad Agahi reports, it involves a hefty sum of money being offered for a tip that could break the case.Global News Hour at 6 BCDec 12, 2022
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Damage being assessed after violent attack at Coastal GasLink worksiteGlobal News Hour at 6 BCFeb 19, 2022
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RCMP release employee video of Coastal GasLink attackWarning: This video contains flashing lights, viewer discretion is advised. RCMP have released video of individuals involved in the alleged attacks on the Coastal GasLink camp near Houston, B.C., on Feb. 17, 2022. It appears one employee captured part of the incident on a smartphone from inside a truck.CanadaFeb 22, 2022
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Action of police and protesters in the spotlight after days of solidarity demonstrationsAs protests continue in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en chiefs opposing the Coastal GasLink pipeline, the actions of RCMP who enforced an injunction against opponents in northern B.C. are drawing fresh scrutiny. Paul Johnson has more.Global News Hour at 6 BCFeb 16, 2020
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Scheer says authorities must enforce court orders, injunctions over blockadesConservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer said on Friday that he wants authorities to enforce court orders and injunctions that have been levied against protesters who have set up rail blockades in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs who oppose the Coastal GasLink pipeline’s construction. He said he does not want to see escalation and stressed...CanadaFeb 14, 2020
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Trudeau says it’s been ‘really difficult week for Canadians’ amid rail blockadesPrime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that this week has been “really difficult” for Canadians amid ongoing rail blockades by people protesting in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs who oppose the Coastal GasLink pipeline’s construction. He said they would continue to work to resolve the blockades and disruptions to transportation systems through dialogue in...CanadaFeb 14, 2020
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Protesters block rails in Vaughan, Ont. in latest Wet’suwet’en solidarity demonstrationsProtesters took to rail lines behind Pioneer Village Station in Vaughan Ont. on Saturday in the latest Wet’suwet’en demonstrations being held across Canada in solidarity with the First Nation members who oppose the building of the Coastal Gaslink pipeline.CanadaFeb 15, 2020
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Trans Mountain prepares for protests amid LNG unrestConstruction on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is underway, but the company is concerned the recent protests over the Coastal Gaslink pipeline may inspire similar acts of civil disobedience. Heather Yourex-West explains how Trans Mountain is preparing.Global NationalFeb 15, 2020
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Tyendinaga blockade removal sparks new protestsJust a day after Ontario police removed the rail blockade in Tyendinaga, more blockades have popped up across Canada in solidarity with a small group of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs in northern British Columbia who oppose the Coastal GasLink pipeline running through their territory. David Akin reports.Global NationalFeb 25, 2020
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Divisions within the Indigenous community on natural resource developmentEllis Ross, B.C. MLA for Skeena and former Haisla Chief Councillor, tells Mercedes Stephenson that most people in his community support the Coastal GasLink project. Kanenhariyo from the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, meanwhile, explains why he and many of his community are standing in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs.CanadaFeb 23, 2020
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CN, Via halt services due to ongoing pipeline protestsCN Rail and Via Rail are suspending services across Canada, following days of rail blockades over the Coastal GasLink pipeline slated to run through northern B.C. As Abigail Bimman reports, the feds are willing to sit down with Indigenous leaders, but there’s a catch.Global NationalFeb 13, 2020
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Demonstrators gather, chant in Vancouver for Wet’suwet’en solidarity protestsDemonstrators rallied outside the British Columbia Supreme Court building in Vancouver on Wednesday as a show of solidarity with Wet’suwet’en tribal leaders fighting against a Coastal GasLink pipeline.CanadaFeb 12, 2020
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Railway blockades starting to impact economyProtests over the Coastal GasLink pipeline slated to run through Wet’suwet’en traditional territory in northern B.C. have triggered days of railway blockades across Canada. Mike Le Couteur looks at the cost to the economy, and the pleas from politicians and protesters.Global NationalFeb 12, 2020
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More than half of Canadians disagree with railway blockades, want police involvement: Ipsos pollAccording to recent Ipsos polling done exclusively for Global News, 53 per cent of Canadians want police to get involved in ending the current railway blockades across Canada — blockades created by demonstrators protesting in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en opposed to the Coastal GasLink pipeline in B.C. Also, more than half of the people polled...CanadaFeb 19, 2020
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Pipeline protestors dig inDespite the fact construction has been cleared to go ahead on the Coastal GasLink pipeline, opponents are digging in for a fight. Sarah MacDonald reports.Global News Hour at 6 BCJan 17, 2020
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Crime Stoppers Cold Cases for JanuaryMetro Vancouver Crime Stoppers executive director Linda Annis discusses two cases police are still hoping to solve. She looks back on an attack on a Coastal GasLink pipeline worksite and arson at Burnaby Hospital.Global News Morning BCJan 29, 2023
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‘I understand your frustration’: Justin Trudeau has fiery exchange over LNG pipeline protestsDuring a town hall in B.C. on Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a fiery exchange with a First Nations woman frustrated with the federal government’s handling of a protest in northern B.C. in response to a natural gas pipeline by Coastal GasLink.PoliticsJan 10, 2019
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AFN chief says responsibility of protests, blockades ‘falls on everyone’Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde said on Tuesday that the responsibility over the infrastructure disruptions including rail blockades amid solidarity protests with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs over the building of the Coastal Gaslink pipeline “falls on everyone,” from members of the government to hereditary chiefs, and called on all parties to start dialogue...CanadaFeb 18, 2020
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AFN chief calls for peaceful resolution to Wet’suwet’en solidarity protests, rail blockadesAssembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde spoke about the ongoing nationwide protests in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs over the building of the Coastal Gaslink, and said that the First Nation has asked for space for internal dialogue and time to formalize discussions with the Crown. He also called provincial and federal governments...CanadaFeb 18, 2020
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Police make arrests at Port of Vancouver protestProtests continue as the battle over the Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern B.C. rages on, and as Catherine Urquhart reports, police moved in Tuesday and arrested activists who defied an injunction by blocking an entrance to the Port of Vancouver.CrimeFeb 26, 2020