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Prime Minister Mark Carney says his list of major projects has received support from some Indigenous groups, but more will be needed.

On Friday, TC Energy executive vice-president Bevin Wirzba said Coastal GasLink is managing the challenges and the project is more than 90 per cent finished.

The annual march honouring women takes place this year against the backdrop of a surge in activism in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs.

The eight chiefs said Thursday they have committed to meet at the discussion table known as "Wiggus," which is the Wet'suwet'en word for "respect."

Some of the activists, who are calling for safe housing for Vancouver's homeless to stay isolated during the coronavirus crisis, made their way to the roof.

Protesters supporting Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs in northern B.C. have set up a new blockade at the Canadian Pacific Railyard in Coquitlam.

Protesters occupied Attorney General David Eby's office Thursday, and set up a blockade at a key UBC intersection.

After more than 16 hours, Indigenous rights protesters have cleared out of the intersection of Cambie Street and Broadway.

Opponents to the Coastal GasLink pipeline say RCMP are moving towards the main camp near the contested worksite.

A scheduled meeting with the hereditary chiefs and RCMP appeared to not happen as police allegedly moved in to clear a camp from the exclusion zone.

The blockades are a repeat of actions taken by demonstrators on Thursday and Friday, which were timed with the evening commutes.

Members of the Wet'suet'en Nation and their supporters who oppose the Coastal GasLink pipeline have dug in at a camp blockading the Morice West Forest Service Road near Houston, B.C.

Quebec Premier François Legault is calling on the federal government to intervene as ongoing anti-pipeline protests continue to block rail lines across the country.

Peter Grant spent 10 years representing the Wet'suwet'en in the Delgamuukw case left dangling by the Supreme Court in 1997, which could be resolved by the proposed agreement announced Sunday.

The chiefs reached the agreement late Saturday night with federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett and her B.C. counterpart Scott Fraser.

With enforcement of a new injunction looming and RCMP setting up an "access control checkpoint," pipeline opponents are struggling.

The memorandum of understanding that's due to be signed will set the terms for months of negotiations on land rights and title for the Wet'suwet'en over their traditional territory in northern B.C.

The chiefs also addressed concerns from the elected leadership that they and other members of the Wet'suwet'en have not been properly consulted with.

Relatives of Jared Lowndes say the Campbell River man was shot and killed by unnamed members of the RCMP at a Vancouver Island Tim Hortons on July 8, 2021.

The email, which was first reported by Reuters, does not say exactly how many workers are being called back, but said the move is being made due to a lack of blockades on the CN Rail network over the past 24 hours.