Thursday, January 10
3:30 p.m.
This morning in so-called Montreal, rush hour traffic was once again shut down. This time at the entrance to the port. #shutdowncanada #unistoten #wetsuwetenstrong pic.twitter.com/FzmOAOpuFG
— submedia (@submedia) January 11, 2019
11:25 a.m.
11:25am FORCE IS NOT CONSENT. Police retreated to 61km, there are several big semi trucks, work crew. Media is being forbidden to document. At least 5 cops remain at bridge. #unistoten #wetsuwetenstrong #nopipelines
— Unist’ot’en Camp (@UnistotenCamp) January 11, 2019
10:00 a.m. (PST)
10AM: Police have arrived at Unist’ot’en bridge, starting to dismantle blockade. This is a strategic move Hereditary Chiefs have decided. The battle is not lost. NO PIPELINES WILL BE BUILT ON WET’SUWET’EN TERRITORY. #unistoten #wetsuwentenstrong #nopipelines pic.twitter.com/ipSHqtIAsF
— Unist’ot’en Camp (@UnistotenCamp) January 11, 2019
10:00 a.m. (EST)
Message of support reading “Canada is Land Theft” dropped in Kingston for the rolling blockade of hwy 401.#shutdowncanada #canadaislandtheft #unistoten pic.twitter.com/zVoIAksNi3
— submedia (@submedia) January 11, 2019
6:00 a.m. (EST)
Brandano Bigtree, 36, from Akwesasne, organizes a hwy slowdown on the 401. A handful of cars are about to drive 60 km/hr in both lanes headed west in support of the Wet’suwet’en pic.twitter.com/A8CPOcw53I
— Jorge Barrera (@JorgeBarrera) January 11, 2019
Wednesday, January 9
OVER AND OUT
7:00 p.m.
Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs will open gate and comply with injunction. They do not want violence that happened in Gitdimt’en to repeat here. Many tears shed. Police negotiating with Clan to possibly allow gate to stay up. This is not over. #wetsuwetenstrong #unistoten https://t.co/liIUy8fYlW
— Unist’ot’en Camp (@UnistotenCamp) January 10, 2019
5:00 p.m.
People in Toronto now blocking the Bloor/Danforth viaduct (one of the main crossings over the Don River) as well as a nearby on ramp to the Don Valley Parkway. #ShutDownCanada #WetsuwetenStrong pic.twitter.com/ZIwY56UmBZ
— submedia (@submedia) January 9, 2019
4:00 p.m.
Reports that the Port of Vancouver, the largest shipping hub in Canada, is currently being blocked! #ShutDownCanada pic.twitter.com/FoDwI4D8Jr
— submedia (@submedia) January 9, 2019
7:00 a.m.
Jacques Cartier Bridge shut down in solidarity with #Unistoten#shutdowncanada #wetsuwetenstrong pic.twitter.com/5uaYfPpEuU
— submedia (@submedia) January 9, 2019
1/3… Gidimt’en spokesperson Molly Wickham, speaking after her arrest, lists some of the lies told by the RCMP while they were raiding the checkpoint on Monday. pic.twitter.com/XgeVBC5sXW
— submedia (@submedia) January 9, 2019
Tuesday, January 8
4:30 p.m.
Breaking: Unity Statement issued from the #Unistoten Yintah by supporters on the ground today.#WetsuwetenStrong #TheTimeIsNow pic.twitter.com/imldX4N7EQ
— submedia (@submedia) January 8, 2019
12:50 p.m.
8:50am: Choppers here. 35 vehicles on route with personnel carriers and heavy equipment #unistoten #nopipelines #notresspass #wetsuwetenstrong
— Unist’ot’en Camp (@UnistotenCamp) January 8, 2019
7:00 a.m.
Video of raid at Gidumt’en
Monday, January 7
9:00 p.m.
Several people from the media team were able to retreat to Unist’ot’en Camp and publish photos.
Is this a normal way to respond to Indigenous people who are peacefully protecting their drinking water from fracking pipelines? @JustinTrudeau @jjhorgan is this the reconciliation you have talking about? #WETSUWETENSTRONG #NOPIPELINES pic.twitter.com/4z4JUAKp50
— Michael Toledano (@M_Tol) January 8, 2019
A few photos from #Gidumten a few hours ago as RCMP moved in to enforce the injunction for Coastal GasLink #bcpoli #Wetsuweten pic.twitter.com/DCa3ZpYP4l
— ChantelleBellrichard (@pieglue) January 8, 2019
6:45 p.m.
Unist’ot’en Camp spokesperson Freda Huson goes live as her territory is about to get raided.
We’re getting uncofirmed reports that Canadian Forces are on the scene at #Unistoten
— submedia (@submedia) January 7, 2019
BREAKING: #RCMP attacking camp at 44km point of #UnistotenCamp claiming to be enforcing illegal injunction.#Wetsuwetenstrong #Unistoten #thetimeisnow
— submedia (@submedia) January 7, 2019
4:45 p.m.
Three Generations of Unist’ot’en Women Respond to Impending RCMP Invasion. #UNISTOTEN #NOPIPELINES #WETSUWETENSTRONG
via @unistotencamp pic.twitter.com/zLbwoGl8zu— submedia (@submedia) January 7, 2019
4:15 p.m.
THREAD. List of 40 national & international actions in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en tomrrow. #wetsuwetenstrong #notrespass #thetimeisnow
Bellingham on Jan 8: https://t.co/SGnPlt2ZkO
Calgary Jan 8: https://t.co/vJIqgiqsD0
Chilliwack on Jan 8: https://t.co/uf6w0h1VkW
— Harsha Walia (@HarshaWalia) January 7, 2019
3:45 p.m.
Four hereditary chiefs were allowed up to the gate. Knedebeas of the Unist’ot’en, Hagwilnegh of Laksilyu, Madeek of Gitdimt’en and Namox of Tsayu. Other chiefs and supporters are not being allowed up by RCMP #wetsuwetenstrong #Unistoten
— Michael Toledano (@M_Tol) January 7, 2019
3:00 p.m.
Spokes Person Molly Wickham giving an update from Gidimt’en checkpoint #thetimeisnow @TheMooseBVL @UnistotenCamp pic.twitter.com/e1668nFJzc
— Sawyer Bogdan (@sleebogdan) January 7, 2019
Police have set up checkpoint at the 27km marker on the way to #Gitumden
and are not letting anyone else in#thetimeisnow #Wetsuwetenstrong #notresspass #unistoten pic.twitter.com/QDNs2Y7c9r— submedia (@submedia) January 7, 2019
2:45 p.m.
@submedia correspondent Neech brings us an update from the first police interaction at #gidumten access point#thetimeisnow #Wetsuwetenstrong #notresspass #unistoten pic.twitter.com/xQKUpSEWnM
— submedia (@submedia) January 7, 2019
2:00 p.m.
These women stood like statues to greet the RCMP. #wetsuwetenstrong pic.twitter.com/lN5w6jk74i
— Michael Toledano (@M_Tol) January 7, 2019
1:50 p.m.
RCMP have set up their own checkpoint before the camp. RCMP will let Hereditary Chiefs through @TheMooseBVL @UnistotenCamp #thetimeisnow pic.twitter.com/NM8UyNhRZ6
— Sawyer Bogdan (@sleebogdan) January 7, 2019
1:40 p.m.
RCMP have arrived pic.twitter.com/wi9e6XKdLq
— ChantelleBellrichard (@pieglue) January 7, 2019
1:35 p.m.
Video shows 27 marked and unmarked police vehicles headed to #Gidumten #Unistoten#thetimeisnow #Wetsuwetenstrong #notresspass pic.twitter.com/he1zUGmsJU
— submedia (@submedia) January 7, 2019
1:15 p.m.
BREAKING: Supporter has suspended themselves to a bridge at the #Gidumten access point pic.twitter.com/IhmG7n9MHx
— submedia (@submedia) January 7, 2019
1:05 p.m.
subMedia correspondent Neech brings us a live update from the #Gidumten checkpoint#thetimeisnow #Wetsuwetenstrong #notresspass #Gidumten #unistoten pic.twitter.com/hQ2Ln3wn9r
— submedia (@submedia) January 7, 2019
12:45 p.m.
RCMP raid convoy
Posted by Frontline Solidarity on Monday, January 7, 2019
12:30 p.m.
Report from Houston, BC – Approx 30 police vehicles – 2 Tactical Armored Carrier, 1 paddy wagon, duty SUV and pickups, multiple unmarked Suburbans currently assembled at Butler Ave near the Canadian Legion hall. #thetimeisnow #Wetsuwetenstrong #Gidumten #unistoten pic.twitter.com/MKBfpednVU
— submedia (@submedia) January 7, 2019
12:00 p.m.
REAKING: Molly Wickham of #Gidumten with a live update from the first checkpoint#thetimeisnow #Wetsuwetenstrong #notresspass #unistoten pic.twitter.com/idSd6JAhjc
— submedia (@submedia) January 7, 2019
11:30 a.m.
BREAKING – supporter confronts police as they make their way to #Gidunten / #Unistoten pic.twitter.com/2WVBMz4mJl
— submedia (@submedia) January 7, 2019
10:00 a.m. – Reports that RCMP are on the move and headed to Gidumt’en checkpoint
8:15 a.m. – Democracy Now reports on upcoming raid
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Back in 2011, subMedia started doing media support for the Unist’ot’en Camp. If you have not heard about the Unist’ot’en, in short, they are an indigenous community in northwest “Canada.” They started re-occupying their territory in 2009, with the aim of kick starting a process of decolonization, but also to block the construction of the Pacific Trails Pipeline, a fossil fuel transportation project that would have brought fracked gas from northeastern “British Columbia” to a liquefied natural gas port on the Pacific. Since then, what began as a single cabin “in the middle of nowhere” has grown into a small village that includes a healing center that helps indigenous people overcome trauma and addiction issues. Today, the Unist’ot’en are at crossroads as a new pipeline project, the Coastal Gaslink pipeline, has received backing from the Canadian government, their courts and their police. Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have been building up tactical forces in the nearby towns to forcibly remove the camp to allow for pipeline work to begin.
As we keep our eyes on the this rapidly developing situation, we will update this blog throughout the day and bring you updates as we get them. You can also follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or Mastodon. In the meantime, we offer you the first film we made about the Unist’ot’en entitled “Oil Gateway.”