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Canada: Indigenous Activists Brace for Raid on Anti-Pipeline Blockade

HeadlineDec 18, 2018

In British Columbia, Canada, indigenous activists who’ve been physically blocking the construction of the largest fracking project in Canadian history are bracing for a police raid on their encampment. Members of the Unist’ot’en Clan stopped TransCanada Corporation workers from entering their territory on November 20 to work on the planned $4.7 billion Coastal GasLink pipeline, but a judge has ruled that TransCanada can begin construction on First Nations lands.

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