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GRAND-REMOUS, Que. – Algonquin activists say police have dismantled three blockades they erected on a western Quebec highway in what they described as a protest to get governments to respect treaty agreements.
A spokesman for the Barriere Lake community says that after protesters set up a blockade around 7 a.m. they were quickly confronted by as many as 50 provincial police officers toting pepper spray.
Norman Matchewan, a spokesman for the community 300 kilometres north of Ottawa, said police also arrested his fellow spokesperson Marylynn Poucachiche.
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