TNRD, First Nations want Tiny House Warriors protest site removed – iNFOnews

July 24, 2020

After two years of protests in Blue River, the regional district is turning to the province for help.

The Tiny House Warriors have been set up near Blue River since the summer of 2018, says Thompson Nicola Regional District director Stephen Quinn, who oversees the Blue River area.

“This town, the people in it and the business owners have been subject to harassment,” Quinn says. “Our local campsite has been subject to all kinds of colourful language, racial epitaphs all by using a megaphone or bullhorn, it’s kind of disturbing. They were in a local business and accosted a local resident in the business and as a result, all the other customers left. These people, I’m not even sure what they’re protesting anymore they just seem to be protesting for the sake of protesting.”

The Tiny House Warriors live in small homes and are protesting the Trans Mountain Pipeline project.

Today, Quinn wrote a letter that he hopes will lead to a meeting with Premier John Horgan. Quinn wants the province to get involved to remove these protestors because the district doesn’t have the jurisdiction to do it themselves due to the location of the camp.

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