Wet’suwet’en solidarity demonstrations take place in Kingston

Via Rail halts trains due to Wet’suwet’en demonstration near Shannonville

Trains stopped locally due to demonstration in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en

K9 catches two men suspected of tampering with train signals

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 Tori Stafford 4 Comments blockade, CN overpass, CN railway, demonstration, First Nations, Frontenac Paramedic Services, Gardiners Road, Kingston, Kingston Fire and Rescue, Kingston Police, Mohawk, native demonstration, Sgt. Steve Koopman, solidarity, Tyendinaga, Wet'suwet'en

Demonstrators set up a blockade at the CN overpass at Gardiners Road on the morning of Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. The blockade was one of several demonstrations organized to take place throughout Kingston in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en and the Tyendinaga Mohawks, however, all other activities were cancelled later in the

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February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Belleville, blocking trains, CN railway, demonstration, Deseronto, First Nations, Kingston, Mohawk territory, Monteral-Toronto corridor, native, native demonstration, Ottawa-Toronto Corridor, protest, Shannonville, trains stopped, Tyendinaga, Via Rail, Wet'suwet'en territory

As demonstrations in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en territory continue for a second day near Shannonville, Via Rail has announced the stoppage of trains along both the Montreal-Toronto and Ottawa-Toronto corridor. “Due to the protesters currently blocking tracks near Belleville, Ontario, train service between Montreal and Toronto and between Ottawa and

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February 6, 2020February 6, 2020 Tori Stafford 17 Comments Belleville, CN railway, demonstration, Deseronto, Kingston, protest, Shannonville, trains, trains stopped, Tyendinaga, Via Rail

Trains along the Belleville-Kingston corridor came to a standstill as a demonstration is being staged on the CN Rail in the late afternoon of Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Via Rail confirmed that trains stopped moving in both Kingston and Belleville due to the demonstration, and posts on social media state

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February 6, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments arrested, charged, CN employee, CN railway, cut and removed wire from rail line, east end, Findlay Station Road, K9 Unit, Kingston, Kingston Police, mischief over $5000, tampering with rail signals, theft, track

Two Kingston men have been arrested and charged after a Kingston Police K9 unit was called in to investigate disrupted rail signals in the city’s east end. A CN services employee was dispatched to rail lines east of Findlay Station Road on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. The employee was investigating