At least one person was arrested when opponents of the Coastal GasLink pipeline and angry citizens met on Highway 19 on Monday. Supporters of Wet’suwet-en hereditary chiefs had erected barriers at Exit 117 of Highway 19 near Courtenay. But they were met by another group of residents, several wearing masks, who repeatedly pulled the barricades down as police attempted to keep them apart. Someone drove a pickup truck through plywood barriers blocking the road and police eventually arrested one of the masked residents for obstruction.
