Rail blockade lifted in northwest B.C.

SMITHERS — C-N Rail confirms a rail blockade set up four days ago on the line into Prince Rupert, B-C was lifted overnight.
First Nations leaders suggested that would happen if federal and provincial politicians agreed to meet to discuss solutions to the ongoing dispute over construction of a natural gas pipeline through Wet’suwet’en traditional land.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there is no quick fix to the dispute that has virtually shut down freight and passenger rail service across the country because Canada has failed Indigenous peoples for generations.