Bridge over Sicamous Narrows blockaded as First Nation calls for involvement in project – CFJC Today Kamloops

May 13, 2025

SICAMOUS, B.C. — The R.W. Bruhn Bridge in Sicamous is closed due to a peaceful protest blocking the road.

Splatsin and Splatsin Development Corporation (SDC) implemented a peaceful blockage of the bridge by parking dump trucks at either end of the Sicamous Narrows crossing around 10:00 a.m. Monday (May 12).

The blockade was initiated as Splatsin and the SDC said Aecon Group Inc. and the Emil Anderson Group, who were contracted by the province to do the work, was excluding Indigenous contractors and workers.

The protestors said the partnership had only offered “empty assurances and verbal commitments” that First Nations would be involved in the Bruhn Bridge Replacement Project, which were not ultimately ignored.

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