Wet’suwet’en demonstrators leave busy Vancouver intersection
Credit to Author: Scott Brown| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:43:22 +0000
A busy intersection in Vancouver blocked by pipeline protesters reopened early Wednesday morning.
Demonstrators and supporters of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, who are fighting against a pipeline in northern B.C., camped overnight at the intersection of Cambie Street and Broadway.
Vancouver police said, at around 6:30 a.m., that Broadway and Cambie had reopened and transit has been advised.
#VanTraffic: Cambie and Broadway has re-opened and traffic is flowing in all directions.
VPD Const. Tania Visintin said police will continue to monitor the protesters, as they march downtown, and update the public about traffic disruptions on the VPD’s social media sites.
The intersection had been been shut down and blocked in all directions by demonstrators since around 2 p.m Tuesday.
The protest is in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs who are fighting to stop construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project in northwest B.C.
Webcam image of protest at Cambie Street and Broadway.
The crowd of protesters numbered in the hundreds Tuesday evening.
Hours in, and this crowd at Cambie and Broadway has only gotten bigger.#Vancouver out in a big way for Wet’suwet’en ✊🏼#WesuwetenStrong #WetsuwetenSolidarity #yvr #bcpoli pic.twitter.com/PpQx3uikcY
On Monday, Vancouver police arrested 43 people for blocking access to the Port of Vancouver, in defiance of an injunction. The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority asked for the injunction so port operations could resume in Vancouver and Delta.
All 43 people were released with conditions to abide by the injunction.
Delta police said 14 people were arrested on the Deltaport Way causeway Monday.