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February 14, 2020

Indigenous Anti-Pipeline Blockades Cripple Canada's Rail Transportation
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Indigenous protests and blockades across Canada have forced CN Rail and
Via Rail to shut down huge swatches of their railway lines as First
Nations across Canada resist the construction of Trans Canada's
400-mile, $4.7 billion Coastal Gas Link pipeline. The blockades have
crippled rail transportation across Canada, as Mohawk and other
indigenous land defenders demand the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
withdraw from the Wet'suwet'en sovereign territory in northern British
Columbia. Click here to see our full coverage of the pipeline struggle.


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