Work on the main compressor station is slated to begin in July and the company says activity on the entire project will gradually ramp up in the following months.

The hereditary house chiefs reached a draft agreement Sunday with senior federal and provincial government ministers centering on rights and title. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett said it would be signed if the Wet'suwet'en Nation reaches a consensus on it.

Federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett and British Columbia Indigenous Relations Minister Scott Fraser say the discussions are complex and deal with difficult issues, but are progressing respectfully.

The traditional chiefs visited supporters in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory and Kahnawake, south of Montreal, this week, saying their conditions for talks remain the same.

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."

The Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs said Coastal GasLink workers will be granted six to eight hours to winterize the work site being blocked by the Unist’ot’en camp.

People living in the Unist’ot’en camp that's blocking access to a critical pipeline work site near Houston, B.C., are growing "uneasy" about police action.

"Hereditary leaders have never approved this project. They never have, they never will."

Indigenous opponents to a planned natural gas pipeline through northern B.C. have been given 72 hours to clear the way toward a critical work site.

The letter, signed by a number of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs, says Coastal GasLink workers are "currently trespassing" on its unceded territory.