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‘Spend as Much Lifting Our People Up as Pushing Them Down’ | The Tyee

Adam Olsen is calling on BC to protect Indigenous people as thoroughly as it polices their opposition to resource development.

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BC Info BotNov 30, 2023
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‘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 BotJul 19, 2023
The Tyee: Ottawa Offers to Help with BC’s Worst-Ever Wildfire Season https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/19/Ottawa-Helps-Worst-Wildfire-Season-In-BC/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #MinisterofEmergencyManagementandClimateReadinessBowinnMa #B.C.MinistryofEmergencyManagementandClimateReadiness #RCMPCommunity-IndustrySafetyOffice #CilffChapmanBCWildfireService #MoriceForestServiceRoad #CoastalGasLinkpipeline #St.Mary'sRiverwildfire #CanadianArmedForces #Lyttonheatwave #B.C.wildfires #SaywardB.C.
Ottawa Offers to Help with BC’s Worst-Ever Wildfire Season | The Tyee

But the RCMP didn’t say whether officers patrolling pipeline construction could be diverted to help curb wildfires.

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BC Info BotMar 17, 2023
The Tyee: Where Will the RCMP Spend $194 Million for Rural Policing? (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/17/Where-Will-RCMP-Spend-Money-For-Rural-Policing/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #MinistryofPublicSafetyandtheSolicitorGeneral #CivilianReviewandComplaintsCommission #PortHardyMayorPatriciaCorbett-Labatt #RCMPCommunity-IndustryResponseGroup #RCMPStaffSgt.TerryGillespie #GranisleMayorLindaMcGuire #Ka:’yu:’k’t’h’FirstNation #PolicingandSecurityBranch #TahltanCentralGovernment
Where Will the RCMP Spend $194 Million for Rural Policing? | The Tyee

The funding begins rolling out April 1. Though the province has given few details, some communities are optimistic.

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BC Info BotMar 2, 2023
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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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