Canadian News
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February 15, 2020
TYENDINAGA, Ont. — The federal Indigenous services minister arrived for a meeting today with representatives of the Mohawk Nation to discuss a rail blockade that has shut down rail services across Eastern Canada. Marc Miller says the situation is “ver… Read More ➝
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February 15, 2020
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says protest blockades shutting down rail service across Canada are quickly creating a full-blown economic crisis. Kenney says Canada is a commodity-producing country and most of those go by rail. He says if rai… Read More ➝
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February 15, 2020
RCMP began enforcing an injunction last week that prevents interference with construction of a $6.6-billion natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia. Here is a timeline of the dispute, along with rail disruptions by people showing solidarity … Read More ➝
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February 14, 2020
VICTORIA — Police say pipeline protests outside government offices in Victoria on Friday were peaceful with much of the noise generated by passing motorists honking their car horns in support. Groups of protesters, ranging in numbers from about 20 to … Read More ➝
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February 14, 2020
VANCOUVER — Protesters around the country have blocked rail lines and used other forms of civil disobedience to show support for the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation and their fight against a natural gas pipeline. Here is a look at … Read More ➝
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February 14, 2020
The Transportation Safety Board says its investigators have not found any mechanical defects on a train that derailed and spilled oil in rural Saskatchewan. The Canadian Pacific Railway freight train jumped the tracks on Feb. 6 near Guernsey, about 11… Read More ➝
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February 14, 2020
MONTREAL — Industry players are warning governments that shortages of groceries, propane, drinking water and other goods are on the horizon as a rail blockade by anti-pipeline protesters enters its ninth day. Demonstrators set up a blockade on Canadia… Read More ➝
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February 14, 2020
HALIFAX — Businesses and homes across Atlantic Canada are days away from running out of propane as a result of anti-pipeline protests that have cut off rail links across Canada. Ian Wilson, president of Halifax-based Wilson Fuel, said his company is r… Read More ➝
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February 14, 2020
TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY, Ont. — Members of the Mohawk First Nation are to meet Saturday with Federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller at a CN rail crossing in Ontario. “The CN Rail stoppage is in its 9th day since Mohawks demanded that n… Read More ➝
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February 14, 2020
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural-gas pipeline project in British Columbia: A handful of protestors, many bundled warmly to fend off the -18C chill, milled around blocked train tracks near Belleville, Ont., this mornin… Read More ➝
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