Tag: #RailBlockade
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Police in Canada clears rail blockade
Ottawa, Feb 25 (AFP/APP):Canadian police Tuesday cleared out indigenous protesters blocking a key east-west rail artery for nearly three weeks to protest a pipeline, causing major disruptions to the economy. The protesters, confronting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with a political crisis, had mounted the blockade on a Canadian National Railway line east of Toronto and…
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Canada warns indigenous rail blockades could cripple economy
Montreal, Feb 24 (AFP/APP): The Canadian government warned Sunday that indigenous protests that have blocked rail lines for more than two weeks could cripple the economy, and urged a swift resumption of dialogue to end the crisis. The main blockades — which were set up around the country 18 days ago to protest a…