Traffic blocked at Broadway-Commercial, Clark and East 1st Avenue during 2 hour protest
After more than a week of demonstrations to support Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs who oppose the Coastal GasLink pipeline, protesters blocked rush-hour traffic Wednesday near Broadway and Commercial Drive in Vancouver, a major transportation hub.
They stopped traffic at four major intersections in East Vancouver over two hours.
Translink announced Wednesday it has been granted an injunction in B.C. Supreme Court to prevent protesters from physically obstructing, interfering or impeding its SkyTrain facilities.
Demonstrators kept the protest moving by walking north on Clark Drive to East First Avenue then back to Commercial Drive and Broadway.
Skytrain was not affected, but public buses including the 9, 20, and 99 were forced to take detours.
CBC News – Feb 19, 2020.
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