By Aaron Hemens, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Four members of the Tiny House Warriors are rejecting a Crown characterization of them as “criminals,” despite facing a possible six to 12 months in jail over a 2021 confrontation at a Trans Mountain work camp. Prosecutors want the members of the Secwépemc-led resistance group put behind bars with sentences ranging from 187 to 374 days for their actions opposing the federally owned pipeline expansion in Secwépemcúl’ecw. During a sentencing hearing in Tkʼemlúps (Kamloops) on Feb. 3 and 4, Crown prosecutor Anthony Varesi said the defendants “hide behind a mantle of protest in an attempt to legitimize their illicit acts.” “Violence, intimidation, and destruction of property are not forms of lawful protest,” Varesi said during his opening submissions. “The accused before this court…
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