The Davy Crockett
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Here is an article about Aboriginal protests disrupting VIA services between Toronto and the cities of Ottawa and Montreal. This particular protest started yesterday (Saturday, January 5, 2012) when protesters blocked the tracks near Marysville, Ontario. About 1,000 pax on four trains were eventually bustituted to their destinations, and VIA is unsure when service will resume. This is not the first recent protest blocking railroad tracks by aboriginies who are protesting, as I understand it, against the massive cuts in Canadian government programs put in place by PM Harper.
EDIT: Link fixed.
UPDATE: In fixing the link I read that service did resume today, but I also heard from relatives that pax who use VIA in eastern Ontario are concerned the protests could start up again, so if one is traveling on VIA in the region, be alert to the possibilty of more disruptions.
EDIT: Link fixed.
UPDATE: In fixing the link I read that service did resume today, but I also heard from relatives that pax who use VIA in eastern Ontario are concerned the protests could start up again, so if one is traveling on VIA in the region, be alert to the possibilty of more disruptions.
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