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Map of the Canadian National Railway system. Much of the network east of Toronto was temporarily shut down on February 13 due to protests and blockades in eastern Canada. Other First Nations, activists and other supporters of the Wetʼsuwetʼen hereditary chiefs targeted railway lines for their demonstrations of solidarity.
February 24 – Rail blockades come down in New Brunswick after being served with an injunction. [64] February 24 – New protests form in British Columbia, blocking the BC Legislature, the Port of Vancouver and rail lines in Hazelton and Kamloops. [69] In Hazleton, 14 protesters, including three Gitxsan hereditary chiefs, are arrested.
A protester at a Kinder Morgan Pipeline rally, September 2017 Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan addresses a protest at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline rally, September 2014. Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan addressed the crowd at a Stop Kinder Morgan protest rally in Burnaby Mountain Park. By 2018, rallies opposing the projects had been organized across Canada.
The looming strike is the latest twist in a labor dispute at Canada's top two railroads, which locked out more than 9,000 unionized workers on Thursday, triggering a simultaneous rail stoppage ...
MONTREAL/WINNIPEG (Reuters) - Thousands of workers at Canada's largest railway went on strike for the first time in a decade on Tuesday, disrupting the shipping of commodities and sparking calls ...
Other protests blocking rail lines halted service on Via Rail's Prince Rupert and Prince George lines, running on CN tracks. [82] [85] Protests on the CN line west of Winnipeg additionally blocked the only trans-Canada passenger rail route. [50] Protests disrupted GO train lines in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Exo's Candiac line in Montreal.
The protest was endorsed by Trump, who, during his time in power, had regularly clashed with Trudeau over policy differences. [52] In response to the convoy, Trump referred to Trudeau as a "far-left lunatic" who "has destroyed Canada", and invited protesters to organize on Truth Social, his proposed social network. [53]
The 2024 Canada railway dispute was a labour-business dispute between the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference that shut down the freight railway operations of both railway companies. The shutdown also included passenger trains operating on CPKC tracks, but not ...