Commentary The battle over the operation of the multi-national Enbridge Line 5 pipeline appears to have no end. American anti-energy activists—invigorated by their victory in shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada—have set their sights on Line 5 and won’t quit until the line is shut down one way or another. Cross-border pipelines could…
Cory Morgan: Canada Must Establish a Robust East/West Energy Corridor to Avert the Catastrophe of a Line 5 Shutdown
IN-DEPTH: RCMP Shares New Details on Pipeline Attacks by ‘Anarchist’ Protesters
The RCMP has shared new information regarding masked, axe-wielding protesters who descended on a Coastal GasLinks pipeline worksite in Houston, British Columbia, in February last year. The RCMP has not yet made arrests—and has said little about the investigation since—but Chief Supt. John Brewer told The Epoch Times recently that they have suspects and they…
Swarming Attack on Coastal GasLink Pipeline Worker, Protesters Suspected: RCMP
RCMP have reported a swarming attack on a worker at the Coastal GasLink site in Houston, B.C.—the same site where about 20 armed attackers caused millions in damages last year amid pipeline protests. A Coastal GasLink (CGL) worker was allegedly swarmed by people wearing masks and camouflage on the Morice West Forest Service Road, Houston…
Coastal GasLink Protesters Convicted After Pleading Guilty to Criminal Contempt Charges
Five protesters involved in blocking access to the construction of a liquefied natural gas pipeline in northern B.C. last November have pleaded guilty to criminal contempt of court for defying a court order that forbade them from continuing with the blockade. All five Coastal GasLink opponents were sentenced by Justice Michael Tammen at the B.C….
Business Group Offers $100,000 Reward Over Attack on Coastal GasLink Site
The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C. is offering a $100,000 reward for information about an attack on Coastal GasLink employees at a northern work site in February. RCMP say a group of about 20 people armed with axes attacked security guards and smashed vehicle windows at the site near Houston, wrecking heavy machinery…
Cory Morgan: Pipeline Protesters’ Violent Attacks in BC a Ticking Time Bomb
Commentary While the world’s eyes were on Ottawa as the standoff between the Truckers Convoy protest and authorities hit its peak, one of the boldest acts of domestic eco-terrorism ever seen in Canada was committed against a construction camp in Northern BC. Just after midnight on Feb. 18, 20 masked attackers armed with axes attacked…
30 Protesters Block BC Police Investigation Near Coastal GasLink Drill Site, Two Arrested
RCMP officers were confronted by a group of roughly 30 protesters who blasted air horns and kicked and damaged a cruiser near Houston, British Columbia, on July 26. The officers were conducting a routine patrol on the Morice River Forest Service Road when they stopped a vehicle that had been the subject of multiple complaints…
Crown Presses Criminal Contempt Charges Against More Pipeline Protesters
The B.C. Prosecution Service has proceeded to press criminal contempt charges against four more protesters who allegedly defied an injunction passed in 2018 that protects the construction of a liquefied natural gas pipeline in northern B.C. The ruling by Crown prosecutor Tyler Bauman at the B.C. Supreme Court on July 7 brought the total number…
BC Crown to Prosecute 15 Coastal GasLink Pipeline Protesters With Criminal Contempt
The B.C. Prosecution Service is going ahead with prosecuting 15 protesters for criminal contempt for allegedly defying an injunction passed in 2019 that protects the construction of a liquefied natural gas pipeline in northern B.C. First reported by the CBC, Crown lawyer Trevor Shaw told Supreme Court Justice Marguerite Church on June 1 that prosecutors…
Crown Going Ahead on Charging 15 BC Coastal GasLink Pipeline Protesters With Criminal Contempt
The B.C. Prosecution Service is going ahead with prosecuting 15 protesters for criminal contempt for allegedly defying an injunction passed in 2019 that protects the construction of a liquefied natural gas pipeline in northern B.C. Crown lawyer Trevor Shaw told Supreme Court Justice Marguerite Church on June 1 that prosecutors need another four weeks to…
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