Pipelines & Transportation
Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs to meet today with federal and B.C. governments
Thursday, February 27, 2020, 6 AM MST
A meeting between Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and the federal and British Columbia government is expected to take place today. Nationwide…
B.C. residents in Wet'suwet'en territory have right to police presence: Blair
Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 6:41 PM MST
As tensions at rail blockades in Quebec and Ontario escalated Wednesday and federal cabinet ministers remain on watch for a…
Rail line cleared, 3 arrests made after protest in Toronto, blockades dismantled in B.C.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 6:30 AM MST
Commuter rail traffic is back to normal in the Greater Toronto Area after police made arrests at a protest that…
Alberta to punish damages to rail, energy assets
Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 6:20 AM MST
Alberta, seeking to head off blockades that have paralyzed parts of the country’s rail network in recent weeks, introduced legislation…
Chanting Wet'suwet'en supporters defy injunction; return to B.C. legislature
Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 6:42 AM MST
Supporters of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and their bid to stop a pipeline across their traditional territories returned to the British…
End of blockade in central Ontario clears way for train service to resume
Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 5:14 AM MST
A police operation that saw officers descend on a rail blockade on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in central Ontario and arrest…
Rail blockade by Tyendinaga Mohawk remains after police deadline passes
Sunday, February 23, 2020, 7:33 PM MST
Ontario Provincial Police and CN Rail reportedly gave protesters until midnight Sunday to clear a rail blockade on Tyendinaga Mohawk…
Violent ends to past Indigenous protests haunt Trudeau government
Sunday, February 23, 2020, 5:52 PM MST
The ghosts of Indigenous protests past have hovered over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as his government struggles to bring a…
Stalled mega power project in central Mexico stirs discord
Sunday, February 23, 2020, 5:36 PM MST
The thermo-electric plant looms over the smattering of homes and cows munching on dried corn stalks in Huexca, a tiny…
Protesters abandon Quebec rail blockade after show of force by police
Sunday, February 23, 2020, 9:32 AM MST
A blockade south of Montreal that halted rail traffic and frayed nerves since Wednesday was abandoned late Friday after riot…
Trudeau says time for blockades to end, Indigenous leaders to work with government
Sunday, February 23, 2020, 9:26 AM MST
Protesters have left a site south of Montreal where they had been blockading railway tracks since Wednesday. The end of…
Blockade trips up Canada's biggest ports as shippers steer clear of rail closure
Friday, February 21, 2020, 11:36 AM MST
A rail blockade in eastern Ontario has led to backlogs at Canada's three biggest ports, prompting some shippers to take…
