Blockade of railroad track draws attention to murdered, missing women

Via Rail was forced to
charter 100 buses to move 5,000 passengers when protestors blockaded the
railroad tracks on March 19 near the Tyendinaga Mohawk reserve, at Marysville
between Belleville and Kingston. The Montreal-Toronto Via Rail line, which
impacted its trains on the Toronto-Montreal and Toronto-Ottawa routes, was
blocked for most of the day as a dozen protesters drew attention to missing and
murdered Aboriginal women. Police also shut down Highway 2 near the area for
the day. Earlier in the month protesters from the Tyendinaga Mohawk reserve
blocked a highway for the same reason.