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Pipeline opposition group reoccupy northwest B.C. worksite a month after police action

Gidimt’en Checkpoint once again issue eviction notice to CGL workers from the key pipeline drill site
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Gidimt’en Checkpoint, a Wet’suwet’en group opposing the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline, released this photo with a statement in which they claim to have reoccupied the pipeline site near Houston from where they were ousted last month by the RCMP. ( Gidimt’en Checkpoint/Facebook)

Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline opponents are back at the site of a blockade near Houston in northwest B.C., a month after it was cleared by the RCMP on Nov. 19 and following the arrest of 29 people.

In a statement issued on Sunday morning (Dec. 19), the Wet’suwet’en Gidimt’en Checkpoint group, which is at the forefront of the opposition, announced they have once again evicted CGL workers from the key pipeline drill site near Wedzin Kwa (the Morice River).

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