Eleven more people have been arrested at a protest against a pipeline in B.C. as cross-country support grows for the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and their supporters
SHARE, protesters in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and their supporters blocked trucks from entering or leaving Port of Vancouver facilities on the south shore of Burrard Inlet.
According to BC RCMP, a total of 10 people were arrested Thursday and Friday as officers enforced an injunction against people camped along the Morice West Service Road near Houston. On Saturday, police announced that 11 more people had been arrested. At the Commissioner Street location, dozens of trucks were backed up on McGill Street until about noon when most of the drivers decided to head home.
“Yeah, it’s costing me money,” said trucker Amarjit Singh Dhillon. “I don’t know why. I need to work.” A long line of trucks were backed up because of the protest, and several drivers said they were losing wages. “Currently, protest activity is blocking vehicle access to port roads on the south shore of Vancouver Harbour at Heatley, Clark and Commissioner. We are monitoring the situation and working with the city and local police,” the Port of Vancouver said in a statement to CTV News.
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