At 6 a.m. Monday, Richard C. Mercer, a Nisga’a member, parked his truck across Highway 113, the Cranberry Connector, just outside Gitlax̱t’aamiks, B.C. For the next three hours, he turned back every vehicle associated with the construction of the Prince Rupert Gas...
Tribal protectors representing members of four Nisg̱a’a villages set up a blockade early Monday morning to stop pipeline vehicles from proceeding past the village of Gitlax̱t’aamiks (formerly New Aiyansh) to where a work camp is being built to support construction of...
A B.C. First Nation has established a blockade on its traditional territory to close the access point into the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline (PRGT) man camp. Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs decided to blockade the Cranberry Connector, a forest service road that...
Construction began on Aug. 24 in a remote location on Nisga’a lands A group of Indigenous young people have blockaded access to a work camp site for a natural gas pipeline to feed a proposed liquefied natural gas project on B.C.’s north coast. The blockade...
Following months of efforts by the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs (GHC) to engage in meaningful consultation on the significant changes to the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline and the failure to consult Gitanyow regarding the newly proposed Ksi Lisims LNG...
