The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 In photos: Wet’suwet’en matriarchs arrested as RCMP enforce Coastal GasLink pipeline injunction https://thenarwhal.ca/in-photos-wetsuweten-matriarchs-arrested-as-rcmp-enforce-coastal-gaslink-pipeline-injunction/ Tue, 11 Feb 2020 04:10:17 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=16864 Police made arrests Monday on the Morice River bridge, the sole entrance point to the Unist'ot'en land-based healing centre Amber Bracken Photo Essay Coastal GasLink pipeline Indigenous Unist'ot'en Wet'suwet'en Freda Huson arrest Unist'ot'en camp RCMP exclusion zone called ‘unlawful’ as police arrest matriarchs at Unist’ot’en healing camp https://thenarwhal.ca/rcmp-exclusion-zone-called-unlawful-as-police-arrest-matriarchs-at-unistoten-healing-camp/ Tue, 11 Feb 2020 01:38:14 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=16852 Coastal GasLink still lacks legal authorization to build pipeline through area where Wet’suwet’en and their supporters have been arrested Sarah Cox News Coastal GasLink pipeline Indigenous Unist'ot'en Wet'suwet'en Unist'ot'en arrests matriarchs RCMP Wet'suwet'en RCMP backtracks, says officers won’t stop journalists from reporting on Wet’suwet’en raid https://thenarwhal.ca/rcmp-backtracks-says-officers-wont-stop-journalists-from-reporting-on-wetsuweten-raid/ Sat, 08 Feb 2020 01:18:22 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=16784 Faced with widespread criticism, police back off on threats to arrest media reporting along the Coastal GasLink pipeline route in northwest B.C. Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood News Coastal GasLink pipeline Indigenous media Unist'ot'en Wet'suwet'en First Nation Wet'suwet'en Unist'ot'en camp Feb 6 2020 Amber Bracken The Narwhal Canadian Association of Journalists condemns RCMP crackdown on reporters in Wet’suwet’en territory https://thenarwhal.ca/canadian-association-of-journalists-condemns-rcmp-crackdown-on-reporters-in-wetsuweten-territory/ Fri, 07 Feb 2020 02:14:22 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=16746 Preventing media from documenting arrests along Coastal GasLink pipeline route in northwest B.C. violates the country’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms, according to B.C. Civil Liberties Association Emma Gilchrist News Coastal GasLink pipeline Indigenous media Unist'ot'en Wet'suwet'en Wet'suwet'en camp Coastal GasLink pipeline still lacks key environmental authorization in contested Wet’suwet’en territory https://thenarwhal.ca/coastal-gaslink-pipeline-still-lacks-key-environmental-authorization-in-contested-wetsuweten-territory/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 19:03:06 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=16616 Premier John Horgan said earlier this month that the fracked gas pipeline had obtained all necessary permits — but it turns out the project is missing a key authorization from B.C.’s environmental assessment office, which is likely to delay construction even as RCMP stand by to enforce an injunction Sarah Cox News Coastal GasLink pipeline healing centre Indigenous LNG Unist'ot'en Wet'suwet'en Coastal GasLink pipeline workers Houston BC ‘They are erasing our history’: Indigenous sites buried under Coastal GasLink pipeline infrastructure https://thenarwhal.ca/they-are-erasing-our-history-indigenous-sites-buried-under-coastal-gaslink-pipeline-infrastructure/ Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:08:52 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=16283 As the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en fight to stop the controversial $6.6 billion natural gas pipeline, the very landscape and cultural artifacts they aim to protect are being logged and bulldozed away Amber Bracken On the ground Coastal GasLink pipeline Indigenous LNG natural gas UNDRIP Unist'ot'en Wet'suwet'en Unist'ot'en lithic stone tools A dispute over title to land is a civil — not a criminal — matter https://thenarwhal.ca/a-dispute-over-title-to-land-is-a-civil-not-a-criminal-matter/ Thu, 17 Jan 2019 17:35:33 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=9622 The Supreme Court has said repeatedly that Indigenous claims need to be settled by respectful negotiations leading to reconciliation. The court injunction and recent arrests do just the opposite Kent McNeil Opinion blockade Delgamuuk'w Gidimt'en Indigenous Indigenous Rights Tshilqot'in Unist'ot'en Wet'suwet'en First Nation RCMP raid Gidimt'en checkpoint RCMP concerned Indigenous rights advocates will gain public support: new study https://thenarwhal.ca/rcmp-concerned-indigenous-rights-advocates-will-gain-public-support-new-study/ Wed, 16 Jan 2019 22:47:40 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=9609 New research shows Canada’s police force assesses the risk Indigenous activists and protesters pose to the nation — not based on factors of criminality — but based on their ability to summon sympathy from the broader populace Justin Brake News Coastal GasLink pipeline Gidmit'en Indigenous RCMP TransCanada Unist'ot'en Wet'suwet'en RCMP Gidimt'en blockade Wet'suwet'en territory