Shaun ChamberlinNov 16

Sentencing decisions finally passed down in the #Gidimt'en #YintahAccess case.

This is #Canada prosecuting the #Indigenous #Wet’suwet’en land defenders arrested for blocking the #CoastalGasLink pipeline from going through their land (NEVER CEDED to the Canadian government; their nation still retaining full rights and title):

https://www.yintahaccess.com/news/sentencingdecision

BC Info BotNov 30, 2023
The Tyee: ‘The Judge Sided with Peace’ https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/30/Judge-Sided-With-Peace/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #RCMPCommunity-IndustryResponseGroup #Wet’suwet’enHereditaryChiefDsta’hyl #RCMPEmergencyResponseTeam #RCMPWet’suwet’enterritory #MoriceForestServiceRoad #BCProsecutionService #LampreyCreekbridge #RubyMarieDennis #CoastalGasLink #Gidimt’enClan #MichaelTammen #FrancesMahon #SabinaDennis #MoriceRiver #PaulBattin #KenFloyd
‘The Judge Sided with Peace’ | The Tyee

Supporters celebrate as the first Coastal GasLink criminal trial ends in a not guilty verdict.

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BC Info BotOct 11, 2023
The Tyee: TikTok’s Awkward Dance with Canadian Journalism https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/11/TikTok-Awkward-Dance-Canadian-Journalism/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #TreasuryBoardofCanadaSecretariat #PolicyonServiceandDigital #WashingtonPostTikTok #Gidimt’enCheckpoint #NewYorkTimesTikTok #TorontoStarTikTok #NicNewmanReuters #AshleyFraserCBC #CityNewsTikTok #AndreaHouston #CTVNewsTikTok #OnlineNewsAct #RicochetMedia #YouTubeShorts #IsabelleLux #Metanewsban #AndreeLau #berberine #ByteDance
TikTok’s Awkward Dance with Canadian Journalism | The Tyee

News outlets seek new platforms after Meta’s ban. But TikTok’s dynamic appeal comes with drawbacks.

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BC Info BotOct 11, 2023
The Tyee: TikTok’s Awkward Dance with Canadian Journalism https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/10/11/TikTok-Awkward-Dance-Canadian-Journalism/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #TreasuryBoardofCanadaSecretariat #PolicyonServiceandDigital #WashingtonPostTikTok #Gidimt’enCheckpoint #NewYorkTimesTikTok #TorontoStarTikTok #NicNewmanReuters #AshleyFraserCBC #CityNewsTikTok #AndreaHouston #CTVNewsTikTok #OnlineNewsAct #RicochetMedia #YouTubeShorts #IsabelleLux #Metanewsban #AndreeLau #berberine
TikTok’s Awkward Dance with Canadian Journalism | The Tyee

News outlets seek new platforms after Meta’s ban. But TikTok’s dynamic appeal comes with drawbacks.

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BC Info BotMay 17, 2023
The Tyee: Trial Begins for a Hereditary Chief Charged in the CGL Pipeline Conflict https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/17/Trial-For-Chief-Charged-In-CGL-Conflict/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #Wet’suwet’enhereditarychiefs #ForsytheSecurityConsultants #Likhts’amisyuClanterritory #HereditaryChiefDsta’Hyl #PaulBattinBCprosecution #Wet'suwet'enFirstNation #CoastalGasLinkpipeline #RebeccaMcConchielawyer #SovereignLikhts’amisyu #Gidimt’enCheckpoint #Likhts’amisyuClan
Trial Begins for a Hereditary Chief Charged in the CGL Pipeline Conflict | The Tyee

Chief Dsta’hyl says he was acting as an enforcement officer for the Likhts’amisyu Clan when he seized construction equipment.

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BC Info BotMay 2, 2023
The Tyee: The RCMP Finally Releases Details About the CGL Pipeline Attack (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/02/CGL-Pipeline-Attack-Details/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #Community-IndustryResponseGroup #RCMPChiefSupt.WarrenBrown #RCMPChiefSupt.JohnBrewer #MoriceForestServiceRoad #Gidimt’enCheckpoint #KrisClarkBCRCMP #CoastalGasLink #MoriceRiver #WedzinKwa
The RCMP Finally Releases Details About the CGL Pipeline Attack | The Tyee

But their description of events has evolved since the days following the incident. The Tyee breaks down the differences.

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BC Info BotMar 2, 2023
Global News BC: Wet’suwet’en land defenders apply for charges to be stayed, alleging Charter violations https://globalnews.ca/news/9523054/wetsuweten-land-defenders-apply-charges-stayed/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Gidimt'enCheckpoint #CoastalGasLink #FirstNations #Wet'suwet'en #Pipeline #Canada #UNDRIP #C-IRG #FPIC #RCMP
Wet’suwet’en land defenders apply for charges to be stayed, alleging Charter violations

Twelve Wet’suwet’en land defenders have applied to the Supreme Court of British Columbia to have criminal contempt charges stayed.

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BC Info BotMar 2, 2023
The Tyee: Land Defenders Call on Courts to Dismiss Criminal Contempt Charges (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/02/Land-Defenders-Call-To-Dismiss-Charges/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #RCMPCommunity-IndustryResponseGroup #CanadianCharterofRightsandFreedoms #CoastalGasLinkpipelinedispute #Wet’suwet’enhereditarychiefs #Delgamuukw-Gisday’wacase #MoriceForestServiceRoad #BCProsecutionService #Sleydo’MollyWickham #BCSupremeCourt #CGLinjunction #Gidimt’enclan #AmberBracken #WedzinKwa
Land Defenders Call on Courts to Dismiss Criminal Contempt Charges | The Tyee

Charter violations and use of excessive force by RCMP are alleged by Wet’suwet’en members and supporters in their application.

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BC Info BotMar 1, 2023
The Tyee: Activists Say They Drilled Holes in CGL Pipeline, Sabotaged Materials (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/01/Activists-Sabotage-CGL-Pipeline/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #TransMountainpipelineexpansioneexpansion #RCMPCommunity-IndustryResponseGroup #WillGreavesUniversityofVictoria #CoastalGasLinkpipeline #Wet’suwet’enterritory #FairyCreekBlockade #BCEnergyRegulator #B.C.SupremeCourt #BCCounter-info #FraserLakeB.C. #Gidimt’encamp #Gidimt’enClan #MoriceRiver #Smithers
Activists Say They Drilled Holes in CGL Pipeline, Sabotaged Materials | The Tyee

The RCMP says the claims are under investigation. An expert predicts the situation is ‘only going to scale up.’

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Good Puppy(she/they/any)Dec 16, 2022

Blockade of Montreal's Port this morning in solidarity with #wetsuweten in the context of the #bloquonslacop15 protest.

The blockade (in addition to all other similar action that took place around MTL) got a shoutout from Sleydo from #Gidimt’en while she was speaking in front of #RBC

#shutdowncanada #alloutforwedzinkwa
#COP15
#MTL
#blockade #protest