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| Canada VIA Rail blocked by indigenous murders protest | Canada VIA Rail blocked by indigenous murders protest |
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| Service on Canada's VIA Rail commuter line between Toronto and Ottawa has been suspended amid a protest by First Nations members. | Service on Canada's VIA Rail commuter line between Toronto and Ottawa has been suspended amid a protest by First Nations members. |
| Demonstrators from a Mohawk reserve blocked the tracks near Marysville to call attention to a spate of murders of indigenous women, media report. | Demonstrators from a Mohawk reserve blocked the tracks near Marysville to call attention to a spate of murders of indigenous women, media report. |
| VIA Rail says it will replace scheduled trains with buses between the cities. | VIA Rail says it will replace scheduled trains with buses between the cities. |
| As many as 20 people were camped by the tracks, broadcaster CTV reported. | |
| "For security reasons, we cannot proceed and have our trains moving on the tracks," rail spokesman Jacques Gagnon told CTV. | "For security reasons, we cannot proceed and have our trains moving on the tracks," rail spokesman Jacques Gagnon told CTV. |
| Service between Ottawa and Montreal is running, VIA Rail said. | Service between Ottawa and Montreal is running, VIA Rail said. |
| Sun News reported the First Nations group had lit a small fire alongside a sign reading, "Justice for murdered and missing indigenous women." | Sun News reported the First Nations group had lit a small fire alongside a sign reading, "Justice for murdered and missing indigenous women." |
| Earlier this month, protesters also temporarily blocked a cargo rail line and a local highway in the same area. | Earlier this month, protesters also temporarily blocked a cargo rail line and a local highway in the same area. |
| The recent blockades follow a response to a parliamentary report on missing and murdered aboriginal women that did not recommend a full public inquiry into the deaths, a decision that angered First Nations activists and opposition parties in parliament. | The recent blockades follow a response to a parliamentary report on missing and murdered aboriginal women that did not recommend a full public inquiry into the deaths, a decision that angered First Nations activists and opposition parties in parliament. |
| More than 600 indigenous women have gone missing or have been found murdered in the past 20 years, according to the Native Women's Association of Canada. | More than 600 indigenous women have gone missing or have been found murdered in the past 20 years, according to the Native Women's Association of Canada. |
| And the February killing of Loretta Saunders, an Inuk student working on a thesis about missing and murdered indigenous women, has also reignited action over the issue. | And the February killing of Loretta Saunders, an Inuk student working on a thesis about missing and murdered indigenous women, has also reignited action over the issue. |