blockades

• Keeyask project moved into ‘care and maintenance’ mode as Manitoba Hydro shift change delayed

  Manitoba Hydro says work on the Keeyask project is being delayed and it has moved into "care and maintenance status" as blockades continue in the area.

  May 22, 2020
• Liberals’ approach to deficits backs them into an unfortunate fiscal corner

  The Liberals’ upcoming budget will need to respond to the economic uncertainty from the COVID-19 outbreak and the rail blockades, Rob Breakenridge says.

  Commentary

  Mar 7, 2020
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• Via Rail resumes eastern Ontario routes following Wet’suwet’en solidarity blockades

  On Tuesday, partial service resumed on the Toronto-Montreal and Toronto-Ottawa routes after three weeks of cancellations.

  Canada

  Mar 4, 2020
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• Teck Frontier cancellation should be ‘wake-up call’ for Canada: Freeland

  Teck withdrew its application for the Frontier oilsands mine citing uncertainty.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2020
• Injunctions are not effective in Indigenous-led land disputes, legal experts say

  As solidarity protests popped up on railways and roads across the country, other companies sought their own injunctions to remove the blockades, arguing the demonstrations were causing harm to business and to the Canadian economy.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2020
• Roy Green: When it counts in Canada, there is no national consensus

  The last several weeks, Roy Green writes, serve as a case in point.

  Blogs

  Feb 28, 2020
• Coastal GasLink to pause work as talks begin between hereditary chiefs, ministers

  Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs have meetings confirmed on Thursday and Friday with federal and B.C. ministers of Indigenous relations.

  Canada

  Feb 27, 2020
• Trudeau to meet provincial, territorial leaders mid-March amid rising tensions

  Announcement of the meeting comes as Trudeau is struggling to reconcile the competing demands of environmental concerns, resource development and Indigenous reconciliation.

  Canada

  Feb 27, 2020
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• Scott Thompson: Two issues have risen out of anti-pipeline rail blockades

  A couple of issues need immediate attention as rotating rail blockade disputes hit their third week, Scott Thompson says.

  Commentary

  Feb 27, 2020
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• A closer look at some of the key players in the Lower Mainland’s Wet’suwet’en protests

  With near-daily protests and blockades disrupting the Lower Mainland, residents are beginning to see some key faces appearing regularly on their TV screens.

  Feb 26, 2020