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Author: Mike Hager
Publication Date: January 12, 2026 - 21:42
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Photojournalist’s arrest at B.C. pipeline standoff weakens democracy, lawyer argues in civil trial
January 12, 2026
A civil trial launched by The Narwhal and a photojournalist against the RCMP began with both sides fighting over whether her high-profile arrest at the 2021 Wet’suwet’en pipeline standoff was part of a concerted campaign to limit press freedom.
Amber Bracken and the British Columbia-based news outlet are seeking a declaration that her detention at a remote protest camp against the Coastal GasLink pipeline in the northwestern part of the province violated her and her employer’s constitutional rights to freedom of the press.
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