Via Rail has cancelled more train services between Montreal and Toronto, and Ottawa and Toronto as a result of protesters blocking tracks near Belleville, Ont. Police have been trying to clear protesters from the territory of the Wet’suwet’en Nation which is the site of the proposed natural gas pipeline. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...A CP freight line has also been suspended as protesters are walking on or near the railroad tracks near Shanly and Hallam Streets, according to police. Meanwhile east of Belleville, CN Railway said crews and police are responding to a protest near CN tracks between the towns of Shannonville and Desoronto in Ont. The protest also blocked a track by the same intersection resulting in the suspension of the “Barrie Line” GO train between Union and Downsview stations.

Source: thestar February 08, 2020 16:07 UTC