"My biggest concern is that this incident increases the division within our respective Wet'suwet'en communities, as well as our relationships with those who are non-Indigenous," said Chief Maureen Luggi.
On the northern bank of the Ottawa River, amid the hurling of stun grenades and tear-gas cannisters, police and Indigenous militants exchanged gunfire, killing one. It was widely reported that Corporal Marcel Lemay of the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), the provincial police force, was shot in the face.