LNG Pipeline

• Coastal GasLink to lay first pipe in July as pipeline construction ramps up

  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.

  Jun 17, 2020
  
• Wet’suwet’en councillor calls for inclusive decision making for proposed deal

  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.

  Canada

  Mar 3, 2020
  
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• Ministers optimistic as talks with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs enter 3rd day

  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.

  Canada

  Feb 29, 2020
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• Wet’suwet’en protests: Blockades remain as hereditary chiefs return to B.C.

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

  Canada

  Feb 23, 2020
• B.C. hereditary chiefs agree to discussions with province over Coastal GasLink opposition

  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."

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2020
• B.C. First Nation chiefs grant one-time access to pipeline worksite ahead of cold snap

  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.

  Canada

  Jan 12, 2020
• ‘The world is watching’: B.C. pipeline opponents brace for possible police action

  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.

  Canada

  Jan 11, 2020
• B.C. Indigenous pipeline opponents stage rallies as clock ticks on injunction order

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

  Jan 10, 2020
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• Indigenous pipeline opponents given 72 hours to clear way for workers in northern B.C.

  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.

  Canada

  Jan 8, 2020
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• B.C. First Nation chiefs serve eviction notices to company looking to build gas pipeline

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

  Jan 6, 2020