April 27, 2024

Demonstrators arrested at pipeline hearing

Six people have been arrested after disrupting the National Energy Board hearings into the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline this morning. They were wearing T-shirts with messages like "stop the pipelines" and used police tape to mark off the hearing area as a "climate crime scene". Hearings into the pipeline proposal continue at the Sheraton Wall … [Read more...]

Occupy demonstrators react to Mayor’s comments

The Occupy Vancouver movement is responding to Mayor Gregor Robertson's statement that he wants the tents down and the demonstration to end peacefully. The movement has agreed on a press release in response to the mayor. Among what will be included, a statement saying that quashing the movement would be a violation of Canadian and International … [Read more...]