MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. says it will be forced to close “significant” parts of its Canadian network unless blockades impeding its rail lines are removed. Via Rail said 157 passenger trains have also been cancelled, affecting 24,500 travellers on routes between Montreal and Toronto and Ottawa and Toronto. The highways and trucks are already at a very, very high utilization of available capacity, especially in Quebec and southern Ontario,” association president Dennis Darby said in a phone interview. OPP spokesman Bill Dickson said an officer of the court read an injunction to the protesters this morning ordering them to abandon the blockade near Belleville. Dickson says that while CN obtained the injunction on Friday, today marked the first time it was read aloud in accordance with court procedure.

Source: National Post February 11, 2020 21:01 UTC