After two days of court hearings, everyone arrested at the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline construction site in northwest B.C. have been released.

Last week, the RCMP arrested 29 people from the site near Houston, while enforcing an injunction order for CGL and clearing blockades set up by a WetB次元官网网址檚uwetB次元官网网址檈n group and their supporters. Among those arrested were GidimtB次元官网网址檈n CheckpointB次元官网网址檚 key leader SleydoB次元官网网址� (Molly Wickham ) and two journalists.

Some arrested, including the journalists, were released on Nov. 22, with conditions to comply with the injunction. All are expected to reappear in court on Feb. 14.

While non-WetB次元官网网址檚utwetB次元官网网址檈n members were told to stay out of the injunction zones, those who are WetB次元官网网址檚uwetB次元官网网址檈n can return to hunt, fish, trap and conduct cultural practices. The journalists can return for their work, but were told to be mindful of the injunction and keep the peace.

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Even though CGLB次元官网网址檚 lawyer pleaded to bar Sleydo from returning to the area given past instances where she breached injunction orders, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Marguerite Church said the B次元官网网址渂lanket exclusionB次元官网网址� would prevent her from exercising her constitutionally protected Indigenous rights in those areas.

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