Lee Wilson of APTN National News reports: “A well-known Wet’suwet’en land defender expressed concern that she and some supporters who oppose the Coastal Gaslink pipeline may go to jail after an upcoming trial.” His article adds: “According to Sledyo’, five land defenders took a plea agreement last year. In 2023, Read more…
Photo: A land defender is tackled to the ground by an RCMP officer on January 7, 2019. Photo by Jesse Winter/Star Metro. Tomorrow, January 7, marks the 4th anniversary of the 2019 raid by the RCMP against Wet’suwet’en land defenders resisting the Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline being built on Read more…
Wet’suwet’en land defender Sleydo’. Earlier this year, Gidimt’en Checkpoint spokesperson Sleydo’ stated: “We urge the United Nations to conduct a field visit to Wet’suwet’en territory because Canada and BC have not withdrawn RCMP from our territory and have not suspended Coastal GasLink’s permits, despite the United Nations Committee on the Read more…
Photo by Decolonial Solidarity. Decolonial Solidarity, in response to a call from Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and land defenders, is organizing a cross-country day of action on Saturday November 5. Two weeks ago, Gidimt’en Checkpoint spokesperson Sleydo’ spoke on a Decolonial Solidarity call about RBC-financed Coastal GasLink drilling under the Wedzin Kwa river Read more…
Last week, Wet’suwet’en land defender Molly Wickham (Sleydo’) spoke on a Decolonial Solidarity call about RBC-financed Coastal GasLink drilling under the Wedzin Kwa river on Wet’suwet’en territory without free, prior and informed consent. She highlighted: “[The drilling at the site of our sacred headwaters] is happening now. The salmon are spawning in Read more…
On October 21, PBI-Canada observed Decolonial Solidarity painting salmon on the sidewalk in front of a Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) branch in Ottawa. Decolonial Solidarity took this action in support of Wet’suwet’en water protectors opposed to the RBC-financed Coastal GasLink pipeline now being built without free, prior and informed Read more…
On October 19, Wet’suwet’en land defender Molly Wickham (Sleydo’) along with Hereditary Chiefs Woos and Na’moks spoke at a Decolonial Solidarity online organizing call attended by more than 300 people. Wickham told those assembled: “[The drilling at the site of our sacred headwaters] is happening now. The salmon are spawning Read more…
Photo: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) raid on Wet’suwet’en territory, January 2019. Photo by Michael Toledano. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has urged Canada to withdraw the RCMP from Wet’suwet’en territory and “to prohibit the use of lethal weapons, notably by the Royal Canadian Mounted Read more…
On August 16, Gidimt’en Checkpoint tweeted: “RCMP Pepper Spray Three Land Defenders in a Show of Excessive Force. On Friday August 12 around 4pm, land defenders were followed and harassed by police while enroute to their private residence on Gidimt’en yintah.” Their media release adds: “The police proceeded to use Read more…
On August 8, Wet’suwet’en water protector Molly Wickham posted: “I don’t know if people understand the severity of the time we are in right now.” “The wedzinkwa is about to be destroyed. Our sacred life giver where our salmon spawn, the cleanest drinking water in the whole yintah, the place Read more…