The Vancouver Sun reports in its Friday edition members of the Gitga'at Nation say they have evicted an Enbridge crew from their territory on the north coast of British Columbia as it tried to conduct oil spill response surveys for the Northern Gateway pipeline. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Sun says the small first nation of Hartley Bay says the crew showed up to carry out work on the project that has not been approved, and that the Gitga'at continue to oppose. Coun. Marven Robinson said the band received a fax informing them that the crew would be coming to conduct an oil spill response survey. The letter had no contact person, telephone number or e-mail. They showed up in the middle of the annual seaweed harvest that sees most band members camped out along the shoreline about 20 kilometres from the town. "A few days later the boat showed up with crews," Mr. Robinson said. "This is bad timing. All of our people are down at our seaweed harvesting camp. "This is really a lack of consultation." Ivan Giesbrecht, a spokesman for Enbridge, said the letter was sent May 3, and the crew proceeded to the band council offices. He added, "We followed their wishes and we respectfully left the area."