08-08-2018 02:11 via vancouversun.com

Senior jailed for Trans Mountain pipeline protest regrets nothing

A B.C. senior jailed for protesting the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project makes no guarantee she won’t wind up behind bars again for her activism.
Laurie Embree, of 108 Mile Ranch, was arrested on June 19 for violating an injunction blocking protesters from interfering with work on the pipeline expansion. The 70-year-old grandmother was handed a seven-day jail sentence July 31 after pleading guilty to criminal contempt of court in B.C. Supreme Court. She spent four nights at the&nb
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