Indigenous-led rolling blockade set to snarl Hwy. 401 traffic in London – Globalnews.ca

January 13, 2020

Ontario Provincial Police are warning motorists of possible traffic delays along highways 401 and 403 Monday morning as an Indigenous-led protest makes it way along the major roadways.

Officers say the protest may delay or interrupt the normal flow of traffic on area highways in Middlesex, Oxford and Brant counties.

According to the Facebook group Idle No More – London, the protest is in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Nation, which is fighting for its traditional territories in B.C.’s northern Interior, where the province’s Supreme Court has ruled in favour of constructing the Coastal GasLink pipeline.

“We are answering the national call out for solidarity actions in support of Wet’suwet’en,” said Idle No More London organizer Yeyatalunyuhe George in a news release.

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