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The spectre of a long standoff hung over Quebec on Tuesday as a dispute between the provincial government and the Mohawk community of Kahnawake over a railway blockade near Montreal dragged on, with no end in sight.

The apparent stalemate came after a key blockade near Belleville, Ont., was dismantled and new ones popped up, including one in Lennoxville, a suburb of Sherbrooke. Hundreds of protesters also took to the streets of downtown Montreal, interrupting evening rush-hour traffic.

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Quebec Superior Court Justice Michel Pinsonnault granted a provisional injunction on Tuesday ordering protesters to end the Kahnawake blockade on the Canadian Pacific Railway main line, used by eight freight trains daily as well as the Candiac commuter line. Barricades went up more than two weeks ago, on Feb. 8.

Mohawk protesters called the injunction a “provocation” and accused Premier François Legault of “inflaming” the situation by suggesting some Mohawks were armed.