Two more people have been arrested associated with a blockade of a Coastal GasLink worksite south of Houston.
RCMP say two people were taken into custody Wednesday (Oct. 27), one on outstanding theft and mischief charges and the other for possession of stolen items from CGL equipment.
The latter was released pending a future court date and the former was scheduled for a court appearance Thursday.
In a video released on the Sovereign Likhtssa国际传媒檃misyu Facebook page, Chief Dstasa国际传媒檋yl (Adam Gagnon), identified in the video as the Likhtssa国际传媒檃misyu enforcement officer, can be seen sa国际传媒渄ecommissioningsa国际传媒� a CGL excavator by removing the battery.
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He says the company will have a chance to have the equipment returned in a case before the Gitxsan Court.
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Since late September, protesters have been blocking roads to the CGL construction right of way and recently added a blockade to the Shea forest service road, which provides access to the companysa国际传媒檚 construction camp, which houses 400 workers.
In a statement on the Coastal GasLink website, the company says its primary concern is for the safety of its employees and contractors and calls the blockades dangerous and unacceptable.
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In a separate video, Sleysa国际传媒檇o (Molly Wickham) could be seen calling for more people to help block the project site.
In late September, two other people were arrested for breaching a B.C. Supreme Court injunction granting CGL access to the worksite.
Protests last year against the pipeline included rail blockades across the country.
CGL workers are preparing to run the pipeline underneath the Morice River, something protesters are saying there will cause environmental and cultural harm.
The company says micro-tunneling, the technique they are planning to use, is the safest and most environmentally friendly way of doing it.
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