Video: Gidimt’en land defender Sleydo’ says despite the RCMP mobilization, the fight to defend sovereign Wet’suwet’en territory will never be over. On the eve of a third militarized RCMP assault against Wet’suwet’en land defenders, the Canadian government says it is not able to comply with a deadline set under the Read more…
Photos of RCMP arriving at Smithers airport by Gidimt’en Checkpoint. On November 17 just prior to 7 pm ET, Gidimt’en Checkpoint tweeted: “Dozens of RCMP [Royal Canadian Mounted Police] have deployed onto Wet’suwet’en territory. A charter plane full of RCMP have landed at the Smithers airport, with between 30 and Read more…
Photo by Gidimt’en Checkpoint. On Sunday November 14, Wet’suwet’en land defenders issued this evacuation order to Coastal GasLink workers on their territory and ten hours later blocked the Morice River Forest Service Road, a main access road onto their lands. They have stated that this action was taken to protect Read more…
Mike Farnworth, the RCMP raid in 2019, Marco Mendicino. On Sunday November 14, Wet’suwet’en land defenders issued this evacuation order to Coastal GasLink workers on their territory and later blocked the Morice River Forest Service Road, a main access road onto their lands. They have stated that this action was Read more…
Gidimt’en Checkpoint photo. On November 14 at 9 pm PT, Gidimt’en Checkpoint tweeted: “WET’SUWET’EN people are once again in control of Wet’suwet’en yintah! [Hereditary Chief] Dinï ze’ Woos asserts jurisdiction by enforcing our laws with the 2021 Evacuation Order. The Morice River FSR [Forest Service Road] has been disabled, blocking Read more…
On November 14, Michael Toledano tweeted: “Early today, the Cas Yikh ppl of the Wet’suwet’en @Gidimten clan enforced a long standing eviction of Coastal Gaslink. Workers were given 8 hours to leave, or the main road will be closed permanently. The eviction was sent by Chief Woos, then read over Read more…
Likhts’amisyu (Fireweed) Clan tweet: “The #CIRG Unit has returned and are testing the waters again. It looks as though things are beginning to escalate again.” G20 leaders – including Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau – met in Rome on October 30-31, just prior to gathering in Glasgow for the COP26 Read more…
Photo: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the COP26 summit on November 1, 2021; RCMP raid on Wet’suwet’en territories on January 7, 2019. At the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has just promised to cap this country’s oil and gas emissions. Trudeau stated: “We’ll cap oil Read more…
PBI-Canada director Brent Patterson will be travelling to Wet’suwet’en territory in November in response to the call from the Gidimt’en Clan for observers and witnesses to their land defence struggle against the Coastal GasLink pipeline. To watch the Gidimt’en video with the call-out to come to camp, click here. For Read more…
Canadian police arrest Gitxsan land defender Kolin Sutherland-Wilson. Photo by Kai Nagata. On October 27, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) arrested two land defenders on Wet’suwet’en territory: Likhts’amisyu Clan Hereditary Chief Dsta’hyl and Kolin Sutherland-Wilson from the Gitxsan Nation. The RCMP media release on this is headlined: Protesters arrested Read more…