Protesters blocking Canadian railways have shut down large portions of the nation's passenger and freight train service this week, knocking out a travel option and spurring a business group to warn the cross-country flow of food and other goods will slow
The protests started last week when police started arresting members of an indigenous group that was blocking a road to a construction site for the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline in British Columbia, CNN network partner CTV reported. Indigenous groups and allies blocked railways and government buildings around the country in solidarity with the British Columbia group. Some rail blockades have ended, but others remain, including near Belleville, Ontario.
Police officers stand on a road after clearing the intersection of protesters that were blocking an entrance to a port Wednesday in Vancouver, British Columia. The demonstration expressed solidarity with Wet'suwet'en protesters who were arrested last week.Freight shutdown will restrict supplies of food and other materials, business group warnsCN and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce have called on the government to remove the rail blockades.
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