WORLD IN BRIEF : CANADA : Indian Blockades Halt Railroad Traffic
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Cross-Canadian rail traffic was stopped for a second day by two Indian blockades in northwestern Ontario. Spokesmen for the Long Lake Ojibwa band and the Pic Mobert Ojibwa band said they will not remove their blockades until Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon or his deputy minister meet them for face-to-face talks. Bernard Abraham of the Long Lake group said the Indians want their land expanded, “deplorable” housing conditions improved and services upgraded.
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