Police arrest 33 demonstrators at the Port of Vancouver at Hastings and Clark streets early Monday as they enforced an injunction against protesters blocking access to the site.
Police arrested 33 demonstrators at the Port of Vancouver at Hastings and Clark streets early Monday as they enforced an injunction against protesters blocking access to the site.
The protest was organized in support of the Wet’suwet’en heriditary leaders’ opposition to the development of a gas pipeline through their traditional territory in Northern B.C. Over the weekend, the RCMP arrested 21 people blocking the Coastal Gaslink workers from accessing the site.
Dozens of officers arrived at the intersection around 5:30 a.m. PT, and the text of the injunction was announced several times over a loudspeaker.
Police removed barricades blocking access to the port, and the ramp to the port is now open to vehicles.
Shortly after 6 a.m. PT, about a dozen protesters remained around a fire burning in the roadway. Officers reminded people they would be arrested if they remain in the road. By 8 a.m. PT, the police had successfully cleared all demonstrators from the intersection and put the fire out.
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