Tag: Coastal GasLink

Video: BC Police Ask Public to Help Identify Attackers at Coastal GasLink Site

British Columbia RCMP is asking the public for assistance in identifying individuals responsible for a violent attack at a Coastal GasLink (CGL) worksite that happened shortly after midnight on Feb. 17.  Police have released three videos of the attack that show several people, some wielding axes, storming the CGL drill pad site and descending on security vehicles near…


Bergen Asks If Liberals Will Act ‘Urgently and Decisively’ to Deal With Attack on Coastal GasLink Site

Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen wonders how quickly the Liberal government will act to address the armed attack on security guards and equipment at a natural gas pipeline site in British Columbia this week. “This is deeply disturbing. Let’s see how urgently and decisively the Liberals deal with this,” Bergen said on Twitter Thursday. Bergen’s…


Axe-Wielding Assailants: In Handling Long-Running BC Pipeline Protests Versus Ottawa Anti-Mandate Protests, the Double Standard Is Obvious

Commentary As police forces amassed this week in Ottawa to take action against a protest marked by the presence of bouncy castles, flag-waving, and dancing, upwards of 20 armed extremists attacked a remote B.C. pipeline construction site. Millions of dollars in damage were wrought in the attack on the Coastal GasLink (CGL) site and a…


Axe-Wielding Assailants: In Handling Long-Running BC Pipeline Protests Vs Ottawa Anti-Mandate Protests, the Double Standard Is Obvious

Commentary As police forces amassed this week in Ottawa to take action against a protest marked by the presence of bouncy castles, flag-waving, and dancing, upwards of 20 armed extremists attacked a remote B.C. pipeline construction site. Millions of dollars in damage were wrought in the attack on the Coastal GasLink (CGL) site and a…


Group Armed With Axes Attacked Guards at Coastal GasLink Site in BC, RCMP Say

HOUSTON, B.C. — Mounties in northern British Columbia are investigating what they say was a violent confrontation between a group of about 20 people and Coastal GasLink employees at a worksite for the natural gas pipeline. RCMP say in a news release they were called to the area early Thursday following reports that a group…


BC Coastal GasLink Pipeline Conflict Gets International Attention While Some Warn of One-Sided Information

The conflict in northern B.C. over the Coastal GasLink pipeline caught greater international attention on Nov. 22 when Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio chimed in, posting on Twitter a video of RCMP officers confronting indigenous activists opposed to the pipeline.  “After setting up a blockade to protect their land, community, and sacred headwaters Wedzin Kwa from Coastal GasLink’s…