Amid chants of protest outside the Smithers courthouse March 6, the sentencing of a Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief was postponed awaiting the completion of a Gladue report.
The Likhts’amisyu Clan’s Chief Dsta’hyl (Adam Gagnon) was found guilty of criminal contempt in a Smithers courtroom in February on charges stemming from the 2021 Coastal GasLink pipeline blockade.
He was arrested Oct. 27, 2021 in Houston and charged with theft over $5,000 for disabling Coastal GasLink equipment while serving an eviction notice to company employees.