SMITHERS—A tentative agreement has been reached to ensure the safety of Wet’suwet’en members on their territory while Coastal GasLink begins pre-construction on its pipeline project. Rick Gateman, president of Coastal GasLink, leaves the office of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs Thursday after a meeting to broker access for his company through the Unist'ot'en checkpoint. ( Jesse Winter / StarMetro Vancouver ) Land defenders grapple with heavily-armed police as the RCMP breached the Gitimt’en checkpoint barricade on Monday. ( Jesse Winter / StarMetro Vancouver ) Wet'suwet'en hereditary Chief Na’moks of the Tsayu clan addresses the media alongside other hereditary chiefs after a Thursday meeting with RCMP and Coastal GasLink. Coastal GasLink was invited to the table essentially to listen.

Source: thestar January 10, 2019 18:18 UTC