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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
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
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.” Read the rest of this entry