Ontario Provincial Police move in on rail blockade by Mohawks of Tyendinaga

[G_j]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tyendinaga-mohawks-removal-blockades-1.5473490

The Ontario Provincial Police have moved in on the rail blockade near Belleville, Ont., where protests by the Mohawks of Tyendinaga have crippled passenger and freight train traffic for more than two weeks in solidarity with anti-pipeline protests in northern B.C.

Police and CN Rail had warned protesters to clear the area by midnight Sunday. Police and the railway ordered the camps dismantled, warning protesters would face charges if they disobeyed.

The CBC's Olivia Stefanovich is on the scene and described it as a tense time as dozens of police officers moved in on the camp around 8:15 a.m. ET. A handful of protesters were handcuffed this morning and loaded into a police vehicle.

The solidarity protest began Feb. 6 in support of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs who oppose the construction of a $6-billion Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline in northern B.C.

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[abqtommy]

1. To paraphrase a line from the movie The Cookout: The OPP/Canadian government just can't

keep their metaphorical foot off the literal neck of the Red Man/indigenous people.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. CN rail service is disrupted?

How on earth can they tell?