Days before PRGT construction was set to start, Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs burned their pipeline agreements, closed their territories to all LNG traffic related to the new pipeline and set up a checkpoint on a remote road about 170 km north of Terrace, B.C. The checkpoint, established on August 21, 2024, forced LNG traffic to turn around and use a longer detour, while sharing information about PRGT with road users. The checkpoint was active until the pipeline certificate expired in November, forcing a stop to construction. Meanwhile, Gitanyow and Gitxsan house groups began re-establishing village sites and permanent structures along the pipeline route.
Legal actions launched by frontline communities take aim at the PRGT pipeline and the Ksi Lisims LNG project:
- Gitanyow First Nation File for Judicial Review on Ksi Lisims LNG Project
- Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs issue press release on plan for Indigenous Protected Conservation Area to prevent pipeline resurrection
- Ecojustice files a judicial review alongside the Kispiox Band, the Kispiox Valley Community Centre Association, and the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition
Featured image by Mike Graeme