Hundreds of pipeline opponents packed a meeting in Vancouver Thursday night to hear from a leader of the Standing Rock protests in North Dakota. Nearly 500 people have been arrested in North Dakota at the ongoing protests against the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline, and the encampments show no sign of breaking up for the winter. Tara Houska made the journey all the way from North Dakota where she's been living at the Standing Rock encampment for nearly four months, protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline. The answer came from Tara Houska, who made the journey all the way from North Dakota where she's been living at the Standing Rock encampment for nearly four months, protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline. So far in B.C., pipeline protests have been largely peaceful, but in 2014 dozens of protesters were arrested for attempting to block survey work on Burnaby Mountain.

Source: CBC News November 18, 2016 17:26 UTC