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Group gathered first for speeches and pizza before taking the protest on the move. 3:00 am, Jan. 27, 2021 × A group of local protesters - including Mike Tauber, of rural Backus, and Ryan Hunt, of Pine River - chat at a trailhead in Backus before the group walked toward an Enbridge Energy pipe yard south of Backus. Travis Grimler / Echo Journal A trailhead and rest area in Backus suddenly became crowded Saturday, Jan. 23, when protesters gathered at one of the nearby pipeline staging sites for Enbridge Energy's Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project. There have been several protest...

Protesters chain themselves together to protest Enbridge's Line 3 Cass County Sheriff's Office arrest 4 in Thursday's incident for trespassing and obstruction of the legal process. Written By: Forum News Service | 5:24 pm, Jan. 15, 2021 × Two people chained themselves together Thursday, Jan. 14, inside a pipeline to protest Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline replacement project near Backus. Submitted Photo BACKUS, Minn. -- Four people were arrested Thursday, Jan. 14, after two people chained themselves together inside a pipeline segment to protest Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline rep...

BACKUS, Minn. - Authorities arrested two people accused of chaining themselves together inside a piece of pipe to protest construction of the Enbridge...

2 arrested near Backus (MN)

Line 3 protesters chain themselves together in piece of pipe January 14, 2021 GMT BACKUS, Minn. (AP) — Two people accused of chaining themselves together inside a piece of pipe to protest construction of the Enbridge Energy Line 3 oil pipeline replacement in northern Minnesota were arrested Thursday morning, authorities said. Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch said the incident took place about 10:30 a.m. in McKinley Township, west of the town of Backus. He said the protesters were taken into custody without incident and face charges of trespassing and obstructing. About a dozen protesters showe...