Activists have set up camps, felled trees along road to construction site
Cody Merriman, a supporter of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and who opposes the Coastal GasLink pipeline, helps to build a support station at kilometre 39 near the Gidimt'en checkpoint near Houston, B.C., on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. A spokesman for the Wet’suwet’en hereditary clan chiefs says they have delivered “directives” to the RCMP, and provincial and federal politicians over the treatment of those opposed to a gas pipeline.
Na’moks says the chiefs have asked Strachan to ensure that officers maintain the peace and do not take violent action against pipeline opponents, who have set up camps and felled trees along the road toward a construction site for the natural gas pipeline.
Officers found stacked tires with jugs of fuel inside, as well as bags of fuel-soaked rags. They also found trees along the side of the road that had been partially cut, which the RCMP say could be knocked down by wind.Roberts says that investigation is progressing and remains active.
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