Wet'suwet'en First Nation

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau weighed in on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, on the protests over a B.C. pipeline project that have disrupted rail traffic across the country, saying while the federal government respects the right to peaceful protest, the rule of law must be respected.

Canada's rail system was under stress on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, as Via Rail cancelled passenger service on key routes and Canadian National Railway Co. warned it will be forced to close "significant" parts of its freight network unless blockades impeding its lines are removed.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he's concerned that blockades in support of First Nations opponents to a northern British Columbia natural gas pipeline are a "dress rehearsal" for opposition to future energy projects.

Police officers sawed apart a wooden gate with the word “reconciliation” painted on it and pulled down red dresses meant to honour MMIWG. Seven people were arrested.

The conflict over the Coastal GasLink pipeline stretched into its third day Saturday. Meanwhile, the RCMP drew international condemnation for repeatedly violating freedom of the press.

A former member of an anti-racism committee at the United Nations says she stands by its statement in support of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary clan chiefs.

“The whole experience was dehumanizing,” said Delee Alexis Nikal, one of the complainants, who is Wet’suwet’en from the Gidimt’en Clan.

A First Nation in British Columbia has served a company that wants to build a natural gas pipeline through its territory an eviction notice.

A hereditary chief with the Wet'suwet'en First Nation says the community is expecting further police action after the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled in favour of a natural gas company that wants to build a pipeline through its territory.

The British Columbia Supreme Court has granted Coastal GasLink an interlocutory injunction against members of a First Nation and others who oppose the company's natural gas pipeline.

It was a difficult decision to sign a benefit sharing agreement with Coastal GasLink that would allow for a natural gas pipeline through the Wet'suwet'en territory, but a necessary one, an elected band council member says.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was campaigning in the Vancouver region on Jan. 19, supported by some star power as he explained his support for one pipeline project and his opposition to another.

Premier John Horgan of British Columbia said on Wednesday that he sees “no quick fix” to the surging Canadian question about territorial rights as a First Nation group and law enforcement clashed in a remote northern part of the province this week.

The determination of the Wet'suweten First Nation to defend their land against resource extraction offers a lesson for us all, Rita Wong writes after a recent visit to the remote BC site of their protest.

RCMP say they arrested 14 people from a blockade to a forest service road in northern British Columbia that is preventing access to a pipeline project.