— A ceremonial fire is burning on the front steps of the British Columbia legislature as supporters of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs join protests across Canada to halt a natural gas pipeline project in the province’s northwest. The RCMP say several of their vehicles have been damaged by metal spikes at a protest siteThe B.C. legislature is not the only location where people have come out against the pipeline — protesters in Ontario have stopped railway traffic east of Toronto. Meanwhile, the RCMP say several of their vehicles have been damaged by metal spikes at a protest site where people are opposing the Coastal GasLink pipeline in Wet’suwet’en nation near Smithers. Mounties say the vehicles were damaged when they entered a court-ordered exclusion zone for protesters on Friday night.

Source: National Post February 08, 2020 17:44 UTC