Home Title Index Topic Index Sources Directory News Releases Sources Calendar

Over 200 arrested at Ottawa tar sands protest

http://rabble.ca/news/2011/09/over-200-arrested-ottawa-tar-sands-protest

Publisher:  rabble
Date Written:  27/09/2018
Year Published:  2011  
Resource Type:  Article

Over 200 protesters objecting to the federal government's enthusiastic support for Alberta's tar sands and the Keystone pipeline XL were arrested Monday morning as they attempted to stage a sit-in in the House of Commons. The protesters wanted the chance to air their grievances with the environmentally reckless policies of the Harper-led Conservatives inside Parliament but were blocked from entering by fenced barricades and over 50 RCMP officers. The protesters were encouraged by hundreds of boisterous supporters as they passed the media scrum and calmly hopped over police barricades.

Topics


Sources-journalists use the sources website to find you


AlterLinks
c/o Sources


© 2023.