Article content

Opponents of a major hydroelectric dam project in northern British Columbia were packing up a protest camp outside BC Hydro’s Vancouver office.

The decision came more than a week after the utility filed a notice of civil claim and an application for an injunction in a bid to evict Site C protesters who have been stationed outside the head office 24 hours a day since March 13.

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Site C protesters to dismantle camp outside BC Hydro office Back to video

Julia Ratcliffe, one of the people named by BC Hydro in court documents, said she decided to settle with the company outside of court.

“I don’t have the resources to fight a civil suit if it came to it,” she said in an interview.

Between six and 20 people made up the camp, which will be dismantled by Monday afternoon, Ratcliffe said.

BC Hydro won a court injunction in February to remove a separate protest camp near Fort St. John, B.C., where members of the Peace Valley Landowners Association and the Treaty 8 First Nations took a stand against Site C.