Coastal GasLink pipeline

Image of the Week: A nighttime blaze on the railway tracks became an apt symbol of protests across the country

Ian King: An angry and alienated working class is not good news for anyone; it’s fertile ground for opportunistic populists to exploit and turn Canadians against each other

Heidi Matthews: When it comes to the blockades and protests, Conservative leaders are invoking the idea of the ’outside agitator’ to delegitimize and break the bonds of activist solidarity

Paul Wells: Exactly what happened between Tuesday’s call for calm and Friday’s ‘the barricades must come down’?

Andrew MacDougall: If there is an off ramp in this crisis, it’s for the PM to stop delaying and start drawing some lines

At an overnight street demonstration in support of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, Rachel Jansen finds the ’ignorance’ knock doesn’t stand up to fact

Amber Bracken: The difference between Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and elected chiefs is rooted in Aboriginal title, an issue that the Government of Canada continues to leave unresolved

David Moscrop: When resistance to the current order arises, citizens are put to the test. We are forced to reveal our allegiances. What do we think is right and just?

Image of the Week: Supporters of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs fighting Coastal GasLink are hitting the streets of their own communities

An influential hereditary leader explains the dilemma arising from Unist’ot’en protest, and what it says about Ottawa’s attitude toward First Nations