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Ontario police move in on Tyendinaga Mohawk rail blockade near Belleville
The deadline by police to dismantle the blockade passed at midnight.
CANADIAN PRESS
Updated: February 24, 2020
TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police have moved to clear a rail blockade on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.
The blockade near Belleville, Ont., has impeded both freight and passenger rail traffic in most of eastern Canada for nearly three weeks.
Ontario Provincial Police and CN Rail had reportedly given protesters until midnight Sunday to clear the blockade or face an investigation and possible criminal charges.
The barricades were a response to a move by the RCMP to clear protesters who had been blocking access to a Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline worksite on Wet’suwet’en territory in northern British Columbia.
Hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en Nation oppose the work on their traditional territory, despite support from elected band councils along the pipeline route.
On Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the barricades had to come down and injunctions ordering the tracks cleared needed to be enforced.
This story will be updated.
ottawacitizen.com
The deadline by police to dismantle the blockade passed at midnight.
CANADIAN PRESS
Updated: February 24, 2020
TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police have moved to clear a rail blockade on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.
The blockade near Belleville, Ont., has impeded both freight and passenger rail traffic in most of eastern Canada for nearly three weeks.
Ontario Provincial Police and CN Rail had reportedly given protesters until midnight Sunday to clear the blockade or face an investigation and possible criminal charges.
The barricades were a response to a move by the RCMP to clear protesters who had been blocking access to a Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline worksite on Wet’suwet’en territory in northern British Columbia.
Hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en Nation oppose the work on their traditional territory, despite support from elected band councils along the pipeline route.
On Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the barricades had to come down and injunctions ordering the tracks cleared needed to be enforced.
This story will be updated.
Ontario police move in on Tyendinaga Mohawk rail blockade near Belleville
"Unfortunately, all avenues to successfully negotiate a peaceful resolution have been exhausted and a valid court injunction remains in effect"
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