The province is giving the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs $7.22 million to support work to implement Wet’suwet’en title and rights. The funding will be used to […]
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A memorandum of understanding on establishing rights and title for the Wet’suwet’en was signed Thursday by hereditary chiefs, the province, and the federal government. The […]
Elected Wet’suwet’en chiefs say they have been shut out of a memorandum of understanding on rights and title set to signed by several hereditary chiefs, […]
Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs have said they will sign a memorandum of understanding reached earlier this year between Ottawa, Victoria, and some chiefs who said they […]
Five women were briefly detained along the Morice West Forest Service Road Sunday. Police say that just after 5 p.m. officers saw a vehicle with what […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning Swiss physician and author Paul Tournier said, “The worst thing is not being wrong, but being sure one is […]
Following three days of talks in Smithers, a resolution to the ongoing issue of some Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs opposing construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline […]
Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs say the federal and provincial governments have pulled out of talks. “Our willingness and invitation remain open to BC and Canada,” according […]
As mass arrests and burning tires along rail lines define the state of developments in a country-wide series of blockades in protest against a $6.6 […]
The Office of the Wet’suwet’en, which is the organization the five hereditary chiefs opposing the Coastal Gaslink pipeline operate under, is not a band council, […]
The BC RCMP say they are ready and willing to meet with Wet’suwet’en leadership demanding they leave the Morice West Forest Service Road and are […]
Following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s assertion that blockades in support of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs opposed to construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline must come down, […]
Cariboo-Prince George MP Todd Doherty tables motion calling for the House of Commons to stand in solidarity with the elected band councils on the Coastal […]
BY GERRY CHIDIAC Lessons in Learning Canadians take pride in our identity as a peaceful nation that celebrates diversity. These are indeed wonderful ideals but […]
Disruptions, blockades and protests in cities across the country may have amplified the message of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs opposed to a $6.6 billion natural gas […]
There are so many moving parts to the ongoing Wet’suwet’en issue that it’s hard to get a handle on it all. So here are a […]
CN announced that it will be forced to shut down significant parts of its Canadian network imminently unless the blockades on its rail lines are […]
Seven more people were arrested at the Wet’suwet’en blockades along the Morice West Forest Service Road as RCMP wind up the major portion of their […]
The Lamprey Creek Bridge, along the Morice West Forest Service Road, was sabotaged late last week, according to RCMP. Police officers discovered that the Lamprey […]
As the RCMP enforce a Supreme Court injunction removing those blockading Morice West Forest Service Road and those inside an RCMP ‘exclusion zone,’ the Unist’ot’en […]
Due to spikes being left on the Morice West Forest Service Road, which have rendered some vehicles inoperable, police have moved the the access control […]
Six people have been arrested following the RCMP’s enforcement of a Supreme Court injunction removing a blockade along the Morice West Forest Service Road south […]
RCMP are enforcing the Supreme Court injunction order against anyone who interferes with the Coastal GasLink project in and around the Morice River Bridge or […]
Talks between the province and Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs have broken off without a resolution. Scott Fraser, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, has issued the […]
Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs have agreed to seven days of talks with the province in an effort to de-escalate the ongoing conflict surrounding the Coastal Gas […]
Premier John Horgan has appointed Nathan Cullen as a liaison between the province and the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. Cullen, a former member of parliament for […]
Premier John Horgan says he and the NDP government are fully committed to resolving the issue of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs’ opposition to the Coastal GasLink […]
BY DAVE JOHNSTON AND STEVE SIMONS The North Matters Bringing communities together. That’s the real work that needs to take place. Forgiveness and understanding are […]
Nechako Lakes MLA, and former Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, has weighed in on the Unist’ot’en blockade in his riding. He posted the following […]
The RCMP have set up an ‘access control checkpoint’ on the Morice West Forest Service Road as Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs vow to stop construction of […]
RCMP officers from the Community-Industry Safety Office (C-ISO) continue to conduct patrols along the Morice West Forest Service Road to ensure the safety of individuals […]
Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs say there will be no access to their traditional territory without consent while Coastal GasLink, currently building a natural gas pipeline through […]
Coastal GasLink says it intends to resume work on its natural gas pipeline this week despite Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs announcing they will terminate a year-old […]
Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs have terminated their access agreement with Coastal GasLink. In a letter sent to the company last week, the chiefs demand the immediate […]
Coastal GasLink is allowed to continue building a natural gas pipeline through Wet’suwet’en traditional territory. Supreme Court Justice Marguerite Church issued the injunction, which continues […]
The Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs, Premier John Horgan and Scott Fraser, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, have issued a statement to mark the start of […]
BY BILL PHILLIPS bill@pgdailynews.ca John Rustad served as Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation for four years and both the Gidimt’en and Unist’ot’en camps are […]
Last week’s removal of a blockade on Forest Service road south of Houston was “challenging,” says RCMP Assistant Commissioner Eric Stubbs. On January 7, police […]