A new pipeline protest is gathering at the corner of Main Street and East Hastings Avenue in Vancouver Monday afternoon, just hours after dozens of people were arrested this morning.
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In a social media post, Vancouver police said the protest was leading to traffic delays in the Downtown East Side.
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Earlier Monday morning, police arrested 47 people people who violated a court injunction that ordered protesters to stop blocking four Metro Vancouver ports.
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The RCMP began enforcing a court injunction last week against people camped near a pipeline work site in Houston.
The conflict has prompted demonstrations spanning from the steps of the British Columbia legislature to a Via Rail line running between Montreal and Toronto. Wickham said she believes there is a growing understanding of First Nations rights among non-Indigenous Canadians.
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People in Vancouver are taking the streets and blocking the intersection of Main and Hastings in solidarity with . No pipelines on stolen native land.
91裸聊视频� Nayeli Jimenez (@nayelijs)
Hundreds in the intersection of Main and Hastings, the latest in dozens (a hundred?) intersections and thoroughfares shut down in solidarity with in the last few days.
91裸聊视频� Torrance Coste (@TorranceCoste)
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