The RCMP said they have set up an access control point on the Morice Forest Service Road to prevent further escalation of the situation and to mitigate safety concerns.

In the last month, Indigenous people across the country set up barricades on train tracks, roads and bridges, in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en Nation hereditary chiefs, some of whom object to the construction of a natural-gas pipeline through their traditional territory.

As solidarity protests popped up on railways and roads across the country, other companies sought their own injunctions to remove the blockades, arguing the demonstrations were causing harm to business and to the Canadian economy.