BC Hydro going to court to evict Site C dam protesters from outside head office
VANCOUVER — BC Hydro is going to court in a bid to evict opponents of a hydroelectric dam project camped outside their downtown Vancouver office.
The utility company filed a notice of civil claim and an application for an injunction in B.C. Supreme Court Wednesday, alleging protesters opposed to the company’s Site C dam project are trespassing on BC Hydro property and causing the company harm.
The protesters have been stationed outside the company’s head office 24 hours a day since March 13, after a B.C. Supreme Court judge granted an injunction to remove protesters from a tent camp at the $8.8 billion megaproject’s construction site near Fort St. John, B.C.
Documents filed for the new injunction application allege protesters have vandalized the building, urinated, defecated and smoked marijuana on the property, dug up portions of the lawn, and harassed and intimidated employees, visitors and passers-by.