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A group called Wet’suwet’en Strong: Hamilton in Solidarity, claimed responsibility for the blockade.

“It’s a new day, and we started it by burning the injunction delivered by CN rail!” the group wrote on Facebook.

“Remember why we’re out here; the violence the state has perpetrated towards Indigenous land defenders and their supporters, the forced removal and criminalization of Indigenous people from their lands.”

Photo by Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press

An update on GO Transit’s website read:

“As the result of the ongoing police investigation along the tracks between Aldershot GO and Hamilton GO, our trains will not be able to service Niagara Falls GO, St. Catharines GO, Hamilton GO or West Harbour GO stations on Tuesday morning.”

The company said shuttle buses would be deployed to fill the service gaps.

Hamilton police have no plans to move on the blockade in the city that has halted traffic on a heavily travelled commuter rail line.

Const. Jerome Stewart said the demonstrators have been served a court injunction by Canadian National Railway Co., and no one else is allowed on the tracks.

“We are encouraging the protesters who have gathered there to leave the area peacefully,” Stewart said at a news conference. “Right now we’re going to continue to monitor the situation.”