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Portage La Prairie: JOHN WOODS

Portage La Prairie Dept: Aboriginal protestors pray at the end of their blockade of a CN railroad track just west of Portage La Prairie, Man. They ended their protest without incident. JOHN WOODS / THE CANADIAN PRESS Enlarge Image, according to Winnipeg Free Press. RCMP officers approach four aboriginal protestors at a blockade of a CN railroad track just west of Portage La Prairie, Man. JOHN WOODS / THE CANADIAN PRESS Enlarge Image Protesters on the CN rail tracks that cross the Yellowhead Highway west of Portage la Prairie. The CN Rail police were on the scene to alert the conductor, and the westbound train stopped about a kilometre away from the protesters. Enlarge Image Idle No More protesters headed up Memorial Boulevard towards the Manitoba Legislative Building Wednesday morning. JOE BRYKSA / Enlarge Image (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.