Eastern Ontario Rail Blockade Still in Place as Provincial Police Keep Watch

Land protectors stand on the closed train track on the ninth day of the blockade in Tyendinaga, near Belleville, Ont., on Feb. 14, 2020, as they protest in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs opposed to the LNG pipeline in northern British Columbia. Lars Hagberg/Canadian Press

TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY, Ont.—Police kept a watchful eye on a handful of protesters blocking a major stretch of railway in eastern Ontario on Feb. 14 as political pressure mounted on the provincial force to take more decisive action.

The blockade in the heart of the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory near Belleville, Ont., was first erected last Thursday by community members showing solidarity with the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet'en First Nation in British Columbia who oppose the development of a liquefied natural gas project that crosses their traditional territory.