Ms. Bracken, a freelance photographer, was on assignment for The Narwhal, a Canadian online magazine. Last year, she was recognized by the Canadian Association of Journalists with an award for pushing back at earlier attempts by the police to exclude journalists from reporting on demonstrations against the same pipeline. She reported on that dispute for The New York Times, among other publications. Mr. Tolendano was at the site to make a documentary for some of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation who have established a checkpoint to keep pipeline workers off the disputed land. The exact circumstances of the arrests remained unclear.

Source: New York Times November 23, 2021 04:20 UTC