A Wet’suwet’en leader and two other pipeline opponents have been given suspended jail sentences and community service for breaking an injunction against blocking work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline.

“Historically, this type of suspended sentence was akin to a form of judicial clemency,” said B.C. Supreme Court Justice Michael Tammen on Friday.

“In this case, it is appropriate to extend such judicial clemency, in part based on the need to foster reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.”