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Canadian Pacific obtains injunction to end Mohawk rail blockade in Kahnawake
Montreal, QC — Canadian Pacific Railway obtained an injunction Tuesday aimed at ending a blockade erected more than two weeks ago in a Mohawk community south of Montreal. Coming a day after Kahnawake’s elected band council had praised the railway…
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Alberta legislature to table blockade bill
Edmonton, AB — Alberta politicians are returning to the legislature with a promise of new legislation targeting protesters who set up blockades. Premier Jason Kenney says he plans to table a bill today that would create stiffer penalties for “anyone…
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Police move to clear rail blockade on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
Tyendinaga Mohwak Territory, ON — Several protesters were detained Monday morning as provincial police moved in to clear a rail blockade on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in central Ontario that has brought freight and passenger rail traffic to a virtual standstill.…
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Protesters abandon Quebec rail blockade after show of force by police
St-Lambert, QC — A blockade south of Montreal that halted rail traffic and frayed nerves since Wednesday was abandoned late Friday after riot police arrived to enforce a court injunction. The roughly two dozen protesters, acting in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en…
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Rail conductor fired for social media posts awarded money, but not reinstatement
Calgary, AB — An arbitrator says a former Canadian Pacific train conductor in Alberta who was fired over social media posts is entitled to monetary compensation, but not to getting her job back at the railroad. Stephanie Katelnikoff was dismissed…
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Blair says RCMP have met Wet’suwet’en conditions, calls for end to blockades
Ottawa, ON — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the RCMP in British Columbia has offered to move its officers to a town away from the area where traditional leaders of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation have been opposing a pipeline…
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CN obtains injunction to dismantle rail blockade south of Montreal
St-Lambert, QC — Canadian National Railway says it has received a court injunction to end a rail blockade in a suburb south of Montreal. CN spokesman Olivier Quenneville confirmed the railway received the court order Thursday. Quebec Premier Francois Legault…
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Blockade on CN rail line in Edmonton removed, injunction granted
Edmonton, AB — A blockade set up on a Canadian National rail line on the western edge of Edmonton in support of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs was being dismantled — at least temporarily — Wednesday after a handful of counter-protesters showed…
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Quebec premier calls for federal ultimatum to end rail blockades within days
Ottawa, ON — Quebec’s premier says he wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to issue an ultimatum to protesters to take down within days blockades that have disrupted rail and road traffic across the country. Francois Legault said Wednesday that if…
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CN Rail laying off about 450 workers after shutting down Eastern Canada network
Montreal, QC — CN Rail is laying off about 450 workers in its operations in Eastern Canada after cancelling more than 400 trains in the past week over a rail blockade protesting an LNG pipeline in British Columbia. The layoffs will affect operational staff,…
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Transport Canada amends order on train speeds
Ottawa, ON — Canada’s Transport Minister announced amendments to the Ministerial Order issued on February 7, 2020 that restricted the speed of trains carrying dangerous goods. Following the derailment of a key train on February 6, in Guernsey Saskatchewan, a…
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Trudeau confers with cabinet ministers as rail blockades continue
Ottawa, ON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in talks over the weekend with federal cabinet ministers as protesters opposed to a pipeline project in British Columbia continued to halt train service across parts of the country. Trudeau’s spokeswoman Chantal…