MRC Pontiac officials call on citizens to block railway removal

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OTTAWA — The battle to protect a railway in Quebec’s MRC Pontiac region from being dismantled by Canadian National Rail escalated on Thursday when a resident used his semi-trailer truck to block CN employees from removing train tracks. On Tuesday a group of Pontiac mayors erected a barricade in Portage du Fort to block CN workers after being informed that CN was set to begin stripping rail, disregarding a bylaw sanctioned by the province that protects the rail line.

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