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Aboriginal groups in Canada challenge tar sands projects

by Dawn Paley

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This cabin was built in the right of way of the Enbridge Pipelines and the nearly permitted natural gas Pacific Trails Pipeline.
This cabin was built in the right of way of the Enbridge Pipelines and the nearly permitted natural gas Pacific Trails Pipeline.

There's a growing grassroots movement against tar sands projects spreading across North America. In the face of industrial expansion, a group of Indigenous people from the Wet'suwet'en nation are determined to protect their lands. From Unist'hot'en territory near Smithers, British Columbia, Dawn Paley reports for Free Speech Radio News.

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