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In February 2020, after the RCMP enforced the second court injunction, removing the Wetʼsuwetʼen blockades and arresting Wetʼsuwetʼen land defenders, solidarity protests sprang up across Canada. Many were rail blockades, including one blockade near Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory which halted traffic along a major Canadian National Railway (CNR ...
February 10 – A blockade goes up on the CNR line west of Winnipeg blocking the trans-Canada passenger rail route. [12] February 10 – The Société de chemin de fer de la Gaspésie (SCFG) freight railway between Gaspé and Matapédia, Quebec is blockaded by members of the Listuguj Miꞌgmaq First Nation. [34]
In February 2020, after the RCMP enforced the second court injunction, removing the Wetʼsuwetʼen blockades and arresting Wetʼsuwetʼen land defenders, solidarity protests sprang up across Canada. Many were rail blockades, including one blockade near Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory which halted traffic along a major Canadian National Railway line ...
Canadian National Railway Co has started calling back many of the 450 workers it laid off earlier this month in eastern Canada, when blockades crippled operations on strategic rail lines ...
On February 6, 2020, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police enforced a court-ordered injunction by arresting those blocking construction. In February and March solidarity protests sprang up all over the country and included blockades of a port in Vancouver , a rail line in Ontario , and commuter trails in Quebec .
Protests targeted government offices, ports and rail lines. A protest in February 2020 by the Mohawk First Nation people of Tyendinaga in Ontario blocked a critical segment of rail, causing Via Rail to shut down much of its passenger rail network and Canadian National Railway (CNR) to shut down freight service in eastern Canada for several weeks.
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MONTREAL (Reuters) -The Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered on Saturday a halt to work stoppages at the country's largest railways, signaling an end to an unprecedented service disruption at ...