Police Move to Clear Rail Blockade on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory

Ontario Provincial Police officers arrest a man at a rail blockade in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, near Belleville, Ont., on Feb. 24, 2020, who was part of a protest in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en Nation hereditary chiefs attempting to halt construction of a natural gas pipeline on their traditional territories. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY, Ont.—Ontario Provincial Police moved Monday morning to clear a rail blockade on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.

The blockade near Belleville, Ont., has crippled both freight and passenger rail traffic in most of eastern Canada for nearly three weeks.