Emails: RCMP Changed Its Story About Arresting Journalists In B.C. Raid

"An RCMP commander told Commissioner Brenda Lucki there was evidence some journalists had assisted opponents of TC Energy's Coastal GasLink pipeline. Then the RCMP's story changed"

"As police helicopters moved into unceded Wet’suwet’en territory and dropped off armed tactical officers accompanied by police dogs on Nov. 19, 2021, photojournalist Amber Bracken was reporting live updates.

She was inside a tiny house occupied by Indigenous land defenders and their allies.

Since December 2018, Bracken had taken on multiple assignments covering the unfolding conflict over Indigenous Rights and the 670-kilometre fracked gas Coastal GasLink pipeline proposed by Calgary-based energy giant TC Energy in British Columbia. The B.C. government has authorized construction of the pipeline without the consent of Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs but with support of elected chiefs from First Nations alongside the project’s route."

Mike De Souza and Matt Simmons report for The Narwhal May 9, 2022.

Source: The Narwhal, 05/11/2022