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February 21, 2020

Rail Blockades Continue as Protests Grow Against Coastal GasLink Pipeline
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On Wednesday, a group of 20 people in Edmonton, Alberta, erected a
blockade of a Canadian National Railway line, temporarily blocking train
traffic in the latest protest against the Coastal Gas Link. Similar
blockades have paralyzed rail traffic throughout parts of Canada over
the last two weeks. The protests sprang up in solidarity with the
Wet'suwet'en First Nation, which is opposed to the pipeline and to TC
Energy's infringement on their sovereign territory, backed by federal
police.


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