RCMP Are Raiding Wet’suwet’en Land Defender Camps (Vice)

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“More labour solidarity for the #Wetsuweten, this time from the farmers! This movement is growing. #WetsuwetenStrong https://t.co/IiGoI9YVei”

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In photos: Wet’suwet’en matriarchs arrested as RCMP enforce Coastal GasLink pipeline injunction | The Narwhal

Police made arrests Monday on the Morice River bridge, the sole entrance point to the Unist'ot'en land-based healing centre

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CBC:Via Rail cancels most trains nationwide, CN closes Eastern Canadian network as Indigenous protests continue

Passenger rail service says it has 'no other option,' while CN warns of temporary layoffs

Anti-pipeline protests in B.C. and Ontario have led to a sweeping shutdown of CN and VIA rail services. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)

CN Rail and Via Rail are shutting down huge sections of their railway networks as Indigenous blockades continue to cripple the country's transportation systems.

Via Rail is temporarily ending most passenger services nationwide, expanding an earlier work stoppage that restricted train cancellations to the Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal corridor.

"Via Rail has no other option but to cancel all of its services on the network, with the exception of Sudbury-White River (CP Rail) and Churchill-The Pas (Hudson Bay Railway), until further notice," the rail operator said in a media statement.

The company said it would automatically process full refunds for all cancelled trips.

"You do not need to contact Via Rail to confirm the refund, but note that due to the volume of transactions it may take up to 15 days to receive," the Crown corporation said. "We understand the impact this unfortunate situation has on our passengers and regret the significant inconvenience this is causing to their travel."

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Last weekend, CN Rail obtained a court injunction to end the illegal Mohawk demonstration. The injunction has been ignored by the protesters. Activists also ignored a request from the on-reserve Tyendinaga Police for them to voluntarily dismantle the blockade.

The injunction forbids any continued interference with the rail line under the threat of arrest. The Ontario Provincial Police has not yet enforced the injunction.

The federal government, which has jurisdictional authority over railways, has so far refused to intervene. Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller has agreed to meet with the Mohawks on Saturday.

Transport Minister Marc Garneau said he plans to meet with his provincial and territorial counterparts Friday, adding he is in contact with CN and CP.

In a statement Thursday, Garneau said "freedom of expression" is an important democratic right, but added, "these activities must respect the court decisions and the law."

The Mohawk activists have said they won't end their demonstration until the RCMP leaves the traditional territory of the Wet'suwet'en in northern B.C. Wet'suwet'en hereditary leaders had been blocking road access to a construction site for the Coastal GasLink pipeline, a key part of a $40-billion LNG Canada liquefied natural gas export project.

While much of the police action near that road ended Tuesday with multiple arrests, the RCMP still has officers stationed near the pipeline construction site.

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Good shit. I fully support the protests and hope they are ultimately successful. Our government's treatment of indigenous people is fucking shameful.

 

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CBC:Via Rail cancels most trains nationwide, CN closes Eastern Canadian network as Indigenous protests continue



Good shit. I fully support the protests and hope they are ultimately successful. Our government's treatment of indigenous people is fucking shameful.

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Good shit indeed. Only unrest and disobedience speaks to the rule of law cabal, who are more than happy to speechify and let the stolen land be torn apart otherwise.

 

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"Check their privilege" -- the nerve of this megadouche.

Andrew Scheer says activists behind rail blockades need to 'check their privilege'

The Conservative leader spoke to the press Friday, calling on the federal government to shut down rail blockades that have been erected in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en hereditary leaders that oppose the construction of a pipeline in northwestern BC.

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