Train travel between Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa halted by protest supporting Wet’suwet’en anti-pipeline activists

Facebook messages associated with the protest said the tracks will reopen when the RCMP leave Wet’suwet’en territory

High-volume passenger and freight train travel between Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa is at a standstill Friday during a solidarity protest for opponents of a natural gas pipeline being built through Wet’suwet’en territory in northern British Columbia.

VIA passenger service on the Ottawa/Montreal to Toronto and Toronto to Ottawa/Montreal routes have been cancelled. Passengers on board any of the trains blocked en route Thursday were offered to either get off at the station where the train stopped or return to their station of origin. Reinforcements arrive at the Vancouver Port blockade in solidarity with the #Wetsuweten #alleyesonwetsuweten #WetsuwetenStrong pic.twitter.com/EU3G2IAUH0

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