Crown Presses Criminal Contempt Charges Against More Pipeline Protesters

Supporters of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and who oppose the Coastal Gaslink pipeline set up a support station at kilometre 39, just outside of Gidimt'en checkpoint near Houston B.C., on Jan. 8, 2020. Jason Franson/The Canadian Press

The B.C. Prosecution Service has proceeded to press criminal contempt charges against four more protesters who allegedly defied an injunction passed in 2018 that protects the construction of a liquefied natural gas pipeline in northern B.C.

The ruling by Crown prosecutor Tyler Bauman at the B.C. Supreme Court on July 7 brought the total number of people facing criminal contempt charges for their role in blocking access to the Coastal GasLink pipeline to 19.