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January 8, 2020

Wet'suwet'en Nation Issues Eviction Notice to Workers of Pipeline Company in Canada
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In Canada, indigenous leaders issued an eviction notice to the workers
of a pipeline company seeking to build a $6.6 billion gas pipeline
through First Nations territory in British Columbia. In a press release,
five clans of the Wet'suwet'en Nation said Coastal Gas Link had violated
the nation's trespassing law and "has bulldozed through our territories,
destroyed our archaeological sites, and occupied our land with
industrial man-camps. … The ongoing criminalization of our laws by
Canada's courts and industrial police is an attempt at genocide." On
Saturday, Coastal Gas Link workers reportedly complied with the eviction
notice and vacated the worksites. But Reuters reports construction of
the pipeline resumed Tuesday.


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