Stand.earth says: “This March, B.C. Premier David Eby will be presenting the budget, giving him the perfect opportunity to defund and disband the Critical Response Unit (CRU-BC), formerly known as the Community-Industry Response Group. The C-IRG became very well known for their violent policing of land defenders opposing the Coastal Read more…
Photo: An RCMP cruiser blocks the Morice River Service Road on Wet’suwet’en territory in November 2021. Photo by Lee Wilson/APTN. As the B.C .Supreme Court is set to rule on February 18 on an abuse of process allegation about RCMP C-IRG actions on Wet’suwet’en territory, the two year anniversary on Read more…
Dramatic Video Shows Militarized Canadian Police Raid Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders & Journalists (Democracy Now!, November 24, 2021). The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP has released its Annual Report 2023-2024. On page 8, the CRCC provides its first formal public communication on the status of the investigation into the Read more…
Photo: Gitanyow Simgiget (Hereditary Chiefs) burn a “benefits agreement” on the PRGT pipeline as they close their territories to all traffic related to the megaproject, August 22, 2024. The National Observer reports that the fate of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline is now in limbo after its decade-old Read more…
Photo from Cinema Politica. The frontline documentary FAIRY CREEK will premiere in Toronto at the Planet in Focus Film Festival on October 17. Details about that screening can be found here. That web-page notes there will be “a post screening live Q&A with the Director Jen Muranetz and Director of Read more…
Video of presentation and debate (starting at 8:04). The Squamish Reporter reports: “Spencer Fitschen and Maryam Adrangi of the Rising Tide Squamish appeared before the council [on September 24] to present a motion to the Squamish council, calling for a formal rejection of the [Royal Canadian Mounted Police/RCMP] Critical Response Read more…
Photo: B.C. NDP Leader David Eby, B.C. Conservative Party Leader John Rustad, B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau. (Ben Nelms/CBC) The provincial election in British Columbia will take place on October 19, 2024. CBC News has just posted an article How do British Columbia’s three main parties compare on these Read more…
The Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs have posted on Instagram and Facebook: “We stand on the shoulders of our ancestors! This National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour the generations who fought for our lands, waters, and people — and we carry their fight forward. This is our Laxyip. This is Read more…
Photo of Brian Smallshaw prior to his arrest by the RCMP C-IRG in 2021. Photo by Tom Mitchell from CBC News report. Two weeks ago, the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) published a 16-page summary of its final report on a public complaint about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Read more…
Video still of Sleydo’ being arrested by the C-IRG, November 2021. CBC reports: “B.C.’s public safety minister [Mike Farnworth] has condemned the alleged conduct of Coquitlam RCMP officers accused of making racist, homophobic and sexist comments in a private online chat group.” That article adds: “CBC News revealed details Friday [September Read more…