The fire that Justin Trudeau can’t get under control
Image of the Week: A nighttime blaze on the railway tracks became an apt symbol of protests across the country
Coastal GasLink pipeline
Blockades hit blue-collar workers first. So much for sticking it to the powerful.
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
Andrew Scheer and Peter MacKay’s throwback to civil-rights-era racial stereotypes
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
Four days worth of Justin Trudeau’s patience
Paul Wells: Exactly what happened between Tuesday’s call for calm and Friday’s ‘the barricades must come down’?
Will Justin Trudeau sleep while Canada’s beds are burning?
Andrew MacDougall: If there is an off ramp in this crisis, it’s for the PM to stop delaying and start drawing some lines
These protesters know more about Indigenous issues than their detractors claim
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
The Wet’suwet’en are more united than pipeline backers want you to think
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
The need for protest
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?
Standing against a B.C. pipeline from three provinces away
Image of the Week: Supporters of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs fighting Coastal GasLink are hitting the streets of their own communities
Does the B.C. gas pipeline need approval from hereditary chiefs?
An influential hereditary leader explains the dilemma arising from Unist’ot’en protest, and what it says about Ottawa’s attitude toward First Nations