Members of the Unist’ot’en, a clan within the Wet’suwet’en system of hereditary chiefs, have been maintaining the blockade since about 2012. Image: Unist’ot’en A temporary injunction prohibiting opponents of the $6.2-billion Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline project from blockading a bridge was expanded Friday to cover two entire forest service roads. Coastal GasLink had applied for the amendment after a process server hired by the company encountered a blockade further up the Morice Forest Service Road on Tuesday while on the way to post the original order at the bridge. Members of the Unist’ot’en, a clan within the Wet’suwet’en system of hereditary chiefs, have been maintaining the blockade at the bridge as well as a camp about a kilometre away since about 2012. The injunction would not affect the camp, Coastal GasLink has stressed. The neighbouring Gitdumden clan had put up the latest blockade, according to a statement from the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs. The new order, approved by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Marguerite Church after hearing submissions from Coastal GasLink lawyer Kevin O’Callaghan during a brief hearing at the Prince George courthouse, also applies to the Morice West Forest Service Road. The process server encountered a school bus blocking […]
