
The Ongoing Conflict Between the Crown and the Git’luuhl’um’hetxwit

Tsleil-Waututh Study Proves Damage from Marine Traffic in B.C.’s Burrard Inlet – The Energy Mix
After having its concerns ignored or rebuffed by regulators, the
Nation hired engineering consultants Kerr Wood Leidal to conduct a study
of the wave climate in the area. Working with Marine Labs, the experts
“found that vessel wakes significantly increase the overall wave energy
in Burrard Inlet beyond natural wind-generated waves between 1.2 and 4.6
times depending on the location, and that current tugboat traffic
contributes up to 20% of waves generated by vessels.”
79-year-old protestor arrested at Trans Mountain pipeline expansion blockade
Burnaby RCMP
arrested 79-year-old Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta for breaching a
court-ordered Injunction which stated demonstrators could not obstruct,
impeded or otherwise prevent access to the Trans Mountain work
sites. She was released on scene and will be charged with criminal
contempt in the coming weeks, police confirmed.
“This is just too close to home, it cannot be ignored,” Kaufman-Lacusta told Global News Monday.
“I’m outraged at Trans Mountains’ callous disregard for the threat to the health and safety of residents along the pipeline route, like us.”
B.C. could pay up to $15M in Indigenous foster care fraud settlement | CBC News
The province could pay out as much as $15 million in the scandal.
RCMP spent more than $13M on policing Coastal GasLink conflict on Wet’suwet’en territory | CBC News
The
670-kilometre Coastal GasLink pipeline is part of an estimated $40
billion dollar natural gas project — touted as the largest private
sector investment in Canadian history.