After leaving the intersection of in the early hours of the morning, protesters in solidarity with the Wet鈥檚uwet鈥檈n have reassembled downtown for another day of action.
A steadily growing crowd gathered outside BC Supreme Court at 10 a.m. for speeches, followed by a traditional smudging, drumming and dancing, and to announce a legal challenge to a 麻豆传媒映画Fraser Port Authority Injunction after a four-day blockade.
As the group swelled to the hundreds, they marched to 609 Granville Street, the corporate headquarters for Coastal GasLink.
The Coastal GasLink pipeline construction in Northern B.C. has received approval from several First Nations leaders, but Wet鈥檚uwet鈥檈n hereditary chiefs say they did not grant permission and their land is being illegally occupied.
Last Thursday, RCMP officers arrested six protesters on Wet鈥檚uwet鈥檜n territory in Houston, B.C., igniting protests across the country. In Vancouver, the Port of 麻豆传媒映画was shut down by a human blockade, before dozens of arrests were made on Monday. Hundreds of protesters then of Cambie and Broadway Tuesday afternoon, blocking traffic in all directions.
Demonstrators then moved on to to the Granville Bridge at the intersection of Granville and Drake and shut down traffic in both directions.
The protests are planned to continue tomorrow morning at Kitsilano Community Centre and at a second, undisclosed location, to be announced on Twitter.
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