Anti-Muskrat Falls protests escalated in Labrador on Wednesday night, as about 80 people rebuked a court injunction and blocked traffic from the project site. Protesters began intermittently blocking traffic at about 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, crossing over the Trans-Labrador Highway to the main Muskrat Falls gate where nine people were arrested Monday morning. Wednesday is the fifth day of consecutive protest against the Muskrat Falls project. Earlier Wednesday, the provincial government made some concessions to the Muskrat Falls protestors by ordering Nalcor to clear more trees from the reservoir zone in an attempt to calm concerns about methylmercury contamination. The court order forbids protestors from standing on the Muskrat Falls project site, or encouraging anyone else to do so.

Source: CBC News October 19, 2016 22:21 UTC