On Sunday, Sudbury joined Indigenous and non-indigenous communities across the country in hosting an act of solidarity in support of Wet'suwet'en First Nation.
Around 100 community members gathered at the Downtown Sudbury Courthouse to participate in the peaceful demonstration. Which began there, travelled down Elm Street to the Paris Street intersection, and finished at Tom Davies Square.
For more than a year, Wet'suwet'en First Nation has been opposing the construction of a 670-kilometre Coastal GasLink pipeline, that would run directly through the nation's sovereign land.
On the basis of their right for independence and safety of the surrounding natural environment.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have executed numerous blockades of the area since that time, affecting the availability of food, fuel, winter supplies and community members' ability to return home. In addition to arresting 14 protestors, according to reports from APTN.
Which has inspired a response by supporters both national and international, of indigenous rights and the rights of the land they protect.
