Site C protester taken to hospital 19 days into hunger strike in Vancouver

Kristin Henry was taken to hospital on the evening of March 31 after she had carried out a hunger strike for nearly three weeks. Photo: The Georgia Straight.

by Travis Lupick, The Georgia Straight, April 1, 2016

A young woman has been taken to hospital after falling ill nearly three weeks into a hunger strike she’s held in protest of the Site C dam.

ince March 13, Kristin Henry, 24, has camped outside the BC Hydro building at 333 Dunsmuir Street.

Woman on hunger strike for 18 days to protest building of Site C Dam

Camp established outside BC Hydro headquarters in Vancouver, BC. Photo: Global News

By Amy Judd, Global News, March 31, 2016

It has been 18 days since Kristin Henry has eaten.

She has been on a hunger strike outside BC Hydro’s offices in Vancouver in protest over the building of the Site C Dam.

“The Treaty 8 Nations have brought to court the objections to the development of the Site C Dam in the Peace Valley and the construction companies who have been contracted to clear-cut the forests are not waiting for the judges’ decisions in the court,” said Nick, a friend of Henry’s, who did not want his last name used. “So there’s illegal construction of a dam happening right now.”