A $1-billion (USD) pipeline project in the northeastern U.S. that Calgary-based AltaGas has a stake in, has been abandoned over costs and delays.

Hundreds stood shoulder to shoulder as the rally began, listening to speakers express their concerns over the Coastal GasLink project in the Wet'suwet'en Nation and the Alton Gas project on unceded Indigenous land in Fort Ellis, N.S., on the banks of the Shubenacadie River.

Some drivers honked in support as they drove past the overpass, while others shouted displeasure.

“We’re here in solidarity with the people of Wet’suwet’en who are defending their homelands,” said one of the demonstration's organizers.

RCMP say protesters should leave the area peacefully or face arrest, but said any arrests would come with as little force as possible.

Demonstrators were protesting the Coastal GasLink natural pipeline and showing support for the Wet'suwet'en Nation members opposed to its construction.

Chief Chad Eneas said the band stands in solidarity with the hereditary chiefs of the Wet‘suwet’en in the protection and defense of their unceded territory.

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."