Via Rail has cancelled more train services between Montreal and Toronto, and Ottawa and Toronto as a result of protesters blocking tracks near Belleville, Ont.

As of Saturday morning, 14 scheduled trips between the cities had been cancelled. According to the Via Rail website “none of the trains on these two routes will operate until the issue is resolved.”

The cancellations started Friday as protesters started to block tracks in support of the Wet’suwet’en nation in northern British Columbia.

The B.C. government and hereditary chiefs have failed to reach an agreement on a peaceful resolution over the enforcement of an injunction in northwestern B.C. The dispute is over the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline through the nation’s traditional territory near Houston.

Police have been trying to clear protesters from the territory of the Wet’suwet’en Nation which is the site of the proposed natural gas pipeline. The RCMP arrested four people Friday as demonstrators continued to organize blockades in the area.

“While our trains are prepared to leave on schedule should we achieve line clearance, departures from Ottawa/Montreal to Toronto and Toronto to Ottawa/Montreal are currently delayed or may not operate,” said Via spokesperson Karl-Philip Marchand Giguere. “As the situation progresses, more trains might be cancelled.”

“We are aware that this situation, which is unfortunately beyond our control, has an impact on our customers and we apologize for the inconvenience this situation is causing.”

Marchand Giguere said Via Rail will be refunding those impacted by the service cancellations.

A CP freight line has also been suspended as protesters are walking on or near the railroad tracks near Shanly and Hallam Streets, according to police.

Meanwhile east of Belleville, CN Railway said crews and police are responding to a protest near CN tracks between the towns of Shannonville and Desoronto in Ont. “Train movements are currently stopped and we are monitoring the situation,” said Jonathan Abecassis, CN’s senior media relations manager.

The protest also blocked a track by the same intersection resulting in the suspension of the “Barrie Line” GO train between Union and Downsview stations. Those trains have since resumed service.

With files from The Canadian Press.

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Raneem Alozzi is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @r_alozzi

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