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In total, eight people will be sentenced in February 2023 for breaching the court-ordered injunction on Trans Mountain construction sites

The Secwepemc Unity Camp to Stop the Trans Mountain Pipeline set up an encampment along the beach of the Thompson River in October 2020 near Trans Mountain’s worksite off Mission Flats Road just west of the Domtar pulp mill.

The much-delayed proceedings stem from protests at two Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project sites in Kamloops

The eight are being tried in two separate trials for offences alleged to have occurred on Oct. 15 and Oct. 17. Susan Bibbings, Miranda Dick, Heather Lamoureux and Laura Zadorozny will be tried Aug. 3 to Aug. 6 while Romily Cavanaugh, Henry Sauls (also known as Secwépemc hereditary Chief Sawses), April Thomas and Jocelyn Pierre are scheduled to be in court from Aug. 9 to Aug. 13. Pierre, Thomas, Sauls and Cavanaugh are charged in connection with a protest that occurred during work hours at a Trans Mountain construction site on Oct. 15. Video taken by members of the Secwépemc Unity Camp sh...

By BRAELA KWANMarch 16, 2021 GMT VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Members of Canada’s First Nations and their allies are mounting last-ditch challenges to two massive fossil fuel pipelines that already are under construction and have strong government backing. In campaigns reminiscent of the Standing Rock protests in the U.S. Great Plains, the anti-pipeline actions in Canada’s far West feature acts of civil disobedience including blockading roads and construction sites, and coordinated campaigns against banks and underwriters that are financing the pipelines. Dozens of protesters hav...