Up to 200 people gathered at a Vancouver park Saturday to protest the construction of the Site C Clean Energy Project in northeastern British Columbia. The campaign hopes to raise money for the Treaty 8 First Nations legal challenges to the Site C dam. support or say they can accept BC Hydro's Site C Clean Energy Project. Protest organizers from the group "Fight C" say the dam on the Peace River proposed by BC Hydro is a waste of taxpayer money and infringes on the rights of First Nations. The province-wide poll found that awareness of the project has reached 77 per cent across the province, while 73 per cent of those polled either support Site C or can support it under certain circumstances.

Source: CBC News July 09, 2016 23:53 UTC