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RCMP provides clarification on offer to Hereditary Chiefs

BC RCMP has provided clarification on the offer it has made to the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.

According to the RCMP. Deputy Commissioner Jennnifer Strachan sent a letter to the Hereditary Chiefs saying if there is a commitment from the Chiefs to keep the Morice West Forest Service Road open to everyone, the need for officers from the Community-Industry Safety Office will be diminished.

The RCMP said they will be locating the officers in Houston.

“The RCMP recognizes the importance for this crisis to be de-escalated both across the country and in the Wet’suwet’en traditional territory. Therefore, the RCMP will alter the operational posture as proposed to Hereditary Chiefs,” the RCMP said in a statement.

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The statement also said the RCMP and the Hereditary Chiefs met in January where the Chiefs voiced concerns about the presence of the Community-Industry Safety Office.

The statement follows an announcement by Public Safety Minister Bill Blair confirming the contents of the letter by Deputy Commissioner Jennifer Strachan.

Blockades have been in place across the country in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs after RCMP enforced a Coastal GasLink Court Ordered Injunction.

Protestors said the blockades will be in place until RCMP abandon the office on Morice West Forest Service Road.

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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