B.C. pipeline protests continue to halt Ontario trains for 5th day in a row

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Reginans take to streets for a second time in support of Wet'suwet'en

As the sun began to sink on Saturday, protesters carrying signs in support of Wet’suwet’en First Nation started to make their way to the corner of Albert Street and 19th Avenue.
By 6:15 p.m. a crowd of around 75 people had gathered. Around 6:30 p.m. the crowd moved into the intersection, led by Indigenous drummers. Most protesters held hands and began a round dance, while the remaining ones formed two lines on either side of the dance to block them from traffic.
But unlike the rally held last Saturday — which saw more than 100 people hold the same intersection for half an hour — there were not many vehicles for them to block.
Regina police were aware of the round dance and diverted traffic from the protesters at Regina Avenue to the south and College Avenue to the north.

After a few minutes of dancing, the protesters became frustrated at their lack of visibility.

"Last time (police) didn’t react and so we were able to actually block cars, and this time we couldn’t,” said Wendy Lynn Lerat, one of the organizers, after the event.
“They circumvented our effectiveness because the only way a movement, any kind of protest like this, is really meaningful is if it disrupts. If it doesn’t disrupt, then you’re losing the momentum.”
From there, the group marched north up Albert Street past where police were diverting traffic. Walking on both sides of the road, they weaved in and out of cars that had stopped as they approached and shouted phrases like “water is sacred” and “consultation is not consent.” A police car moved in front of the group and drove slowly ahead of them. A couple of police cars followed behind.
At 14th Avenue, the group once again rallied in the intersection before marching back to the intersection where they had started, finishing around 7:30 p.m. Once all the protesters were off the street, police re-opened the road to traffic.
Lerat said organizers had not informed police about the rally. While she acknowledged the protesters’ safety might be at risk by blocking the central thoroughfare, she said officers had not done them a favour.
“There may be a good intention on it, but in the end, what it really has done is it has impacted … the grassroots people’s ability to be heard,” she said.
Protests across the country have been blocking highways and rail lines in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en hereditary leaders, who are opposing the Coastal GasLink project in northern British Columbia.
As for why she feels it is important to raise her voice, Lerat said she does not have a choice.
“I don’t want to be here … I want to be at home relaxing, but I can’t because I have grandchildren and that’s where it’s come to. If we don’t do this, who will? If not now, when?” said Lerat.
“What you’re seeing across the country today is really a response to the complete lack of consideration and the violation of human rights that are occurring right now against Indigenous peoples.”
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Makes one wonder if payments are made in response to Media visibility
 
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B00Mer said:
I am currently at the Flying J in Winnipeg, MB

Have 2 drops in South Carolina and a pickup in Miami to Saskatoon
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Shame the International Cabatage Agreement doesn't allow you to pick up an incidental load from South Carolina to Miami like an American Trucker can do in Canada when making connections to avoid deadheading or bobtailing, but that's just part of the game that most people aren't aware even exists.
 
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I wonder who people need to be in order to have the right to protest.
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Well, the first thing should be knowing the difference between a legal protest and engaging in law breaking. For the ill-educated, non-thinking, dumb as f*ck leftards out there, you should know that blocking roads and rail lines is NOT a form of legal protest. Unless you have a permit. It is NOT protest when you hold part of the country hostage. It is NOT a legal protest when you prevent access to private property or occupy private property.



Protestors need to learn the f*cking law and police need to have the freedom to enforce the f*cking law. Period!
 
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"We are not the kind of country where politicians tell police what to do in operational matters," Trudeau said at a press conference in Germany.
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Uh huh. And I suppose the RCMP "busted" Adm Norman purely of their own discretion and not at all at the direction of Groper.
 
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Jinentonix said:
The only problem with your existing pipelines approach is if Alberta were to separate, those pipelines would be running through a "foreign" country. A foreign country that would have no obligation whatsoever to allow those pipelines to continue operating within its borders. Alberta separating would be a lose/lose proposition.
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But that country would not be Canada .
 
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/brit...l-gaslink-pipeline-alternative-path-1.5464945

Coastal gaslink rejected a pipeline route proposed by hereditary chiefs because it would cost too much.

I wonder how many billions of dollars the people of Ontario are on the hook for at this point over a pipeline that has nothing to do with them.

I know BC is getting crushed by it.

Running this country for the sake of oil and gas companies has to stop.
 
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