A rally in solidarity with pipeline opponents in northern BC it was performed in downtown Hamilton on Sunday.
The proposal Coastal GasLink The pipeline route passes through the traditional lands of several First Nations, including Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan.
“We echo Wet’suwet’en’s demand for Anuk ‘nu’at’en (Wet’suwet’en Law) to be respected and for CGL’s construction activity to stop immediately on the land incessantly from Wet’suwet’en, “reads an email from Hamilton Center for Civic Inclusion (HCCI) on behalf of community organizers.
The event took place outside of 55 Bay. St. N. – a federal government building – as of noon.
Reports from more than one dozen arrests The camps near the Gidimt’en checkpoint on Thursday have sparked a wave of protests across the country, including the Hamilton area.
Erected by the Gidimt’en clan of the Wet’suwet’en people, the checkpoint was established to prevent access to the pipeline company. Those arrests included the land defense group 1492 Land Back Lanespokesperson Skyler Williams and musician Logan Staats and his sister, Layla Staats, who have since been released. Two journalists were also reportedly arrested.
On Saturday, community members staged an ongoing blockade from Guelph to Brantford in support of BC’s land defenders.
Ontario 511 traffic alerts tweeted early Sunday that all lanes of the bypass of Highway 6 Caledonia remain closed. The road was blocked Thursday night as a show of solidarity.
“The road will reopen when the blockade is no longer in place and the road is deemed safe for vehicular traffic,” said Const, a spokesman for Haldimand OPP. Mary Gagliardi in an email.
Photos and video of a fire on a railway line that supposedly runs through Six Nations circulated on social media over the weekend.
Gagliardi said police are “aware of a fire that is breaking out on a railroad near Caledonia.” The incident is being investigated by the provincial police, as well as the CN police and the Six Nations police.
It is not clear if the rail line is operational.
Kate McCullough is a Hamilton reporter covering education on The Spectator. Contact her by email: [email protected]
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