Coastal GasLink (GGL) that took place early Thursday morning on the Marten Forest Service Road.Investigators spent much of the long weekend at the site and reviewing the surveillance footage from the night of the incident.They told Global News they have not yet decided if they are going to release any of that footage to the public.They are also not linking the incident to prior protests in the area.
No suspects yet in ‘violent confrontation’ at B.C. gas pipeline site: RCMP First-hand look at the damage inside Coastal GasLink’s Morice River Forrest Service Road drilling site 60 kms SW of Houston B.C.The company is constructing a 670 km natural gas pipeline running through the area — and says its facility and 9 workers were attacked.
pic.twitter.com/qCKovAKixQ— Emad Agahi (@emadagahi) February 19, 2022The group, who police claim carried axes and torches, allegedly used grinders to cut the locks off a gate, then proceeded to cause an estimated $6 million in damage to equipment and structures at the pipeline worksite.
Wet’suwet’en Nation condemns northern B.C. pipeline attack as new images released The area near Houston, B.C., has been a flashpoint for several years between CGL and Wet’suwet’en First Nations people opposed to the development that they say does not have their consent, and therefore the right to proceed under Indigenous law.While the company claims the support of 20 elected Indigenous groups along the 670-kilometre route from northeastern B.C.