Camp set up near Mission Flats Road in protest of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project
KAMLOOPS — The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project continues to face resistance from environmentalists and Indigenous groups. One group in particular has set up camp along the Thompson River. The protestors say they want to protect and preserve Secwepemc sites as well as the river and the salmon.
Miranda Dick is among the protestors. Speaking with CFJC Today, she said their goal was to stop the expansion project.
“The drilling pad is being set up at the Thompson River, so near Mission Flats is where they want to come through Kenna Cartwright, head down to Mission Flats Road area, desecrating pit house depressions and then further on to Airport Road where there’s more sites that are significant to the Secwepemc nation,” Dick explained.