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Supporters in Nova Scotia blocked a portion of Highway 102 on Tuesday morning to demonstrate solidarity with anti-pipeline protests in British Columbia.

Protesters say they were holding a peaceful protest, which took place near Exit 10 at Shubenacadie, N.S.

Pipeline protesters have blocked the Hwy 102 @globalhalifax pic.twitter.com/kBK96t3VXA — Reynold Gregor (@reynoldgregor) January 15, 2019

Similar protests and rallies have been taking place across the country in opposition to the construction of a natural gas pipeline over Indigenous lands.

Tensions have been on the rise between law enforcement and Indigenous people blockading pipeline sites over the past week.

Pipeline Protest on Hwy 102 . People are planning on blocking the highway. @globalhalifax pic.twitter.com/6OO5lAHLtg — Reynold Gregor (@reynoldgregor) January 15, 2019

Last weekend, RCMP arrested members of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation, who were cutting off access to the TransCanada Coastal GasLink work site.

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An injunction had been issued barring protesters from cutting off access for construction workers, but the blockades remained up anyway.

— With a file from Amanda Connolly