Wet’suwet’en demonstrations currently blocking traffic along Hastings
UPDATE: As of 4:41 pm, VPD says Hasting Street is open in both directions.
#VanTraffic: Hastings Street is now open in both directions.
— Vancouver Police (@VancouverPD) February 19, 2020
ORIGINAL STORY:
Drivers should expect delays along Hastings Street due to demonstrations currently taking place in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en.
According to VPD, westbound traffic on East Hastings Street and Clark Drive is being impacted by the demonstrations. Drivers should use an alternate route.
#VanTraffic: Westbound traffic on East Hastings Street and Clark Drive is impacted due to protesters. Drivers are advised to consider alternative route. pic.twitter.com/83tfllqL5Z
— Vancouver Police (@VancouverPD) February 18, 2020
The march is at East Hastings and Campbell, heading east. #WetsuwetenStrong https://t.co/QJn7mLRUza
— Red Braid Alliance for Decolonial Socialism (@stopdisplacemnt) February 18, 2020
Land defenders march down East Hastings, unceded Coast Salish territories, (for the umpteenth time) in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en! #WetsuwetenStrong #AllEyesOnWetsuweten pic.twitter.com/M53o9jf91z
— Red Braid Alliance for Decolonial Socialism (@stopdisplacemnt) February 18, 2020
The demonstration is the latest in a series of actions across the country supporting Wet’suwet’en land defenders as the RCMP removes them from a pipeline construction route in northern BC.
Earlier today, protesters who appeared to be affiliated with the group Extinction Rebellion Vancouver Island set up a blockade outside BC Premier John Horgan’s home on Tuesday morning ahead of the BC Budget being unveiled.
The morning protest comes after BC Ferries was granted an injunction banning protesters from blocking access to all of its terminal facilities after receiving information Wet’suwet’en protesters were planning to stage a blockade at Swartz Bay ferry terminal over the busy Family Day long weekend.
Solidarity protests held in Metro Vancouver in recent days blocked major arterial roads, bridges, and railways, severely disrupting road traffic, public transit services, and freight traffic.
With files from Eric Zimmer.