Gaza protest blocks Metro Vancouver container port

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Gaza protest blocks Metro Vancouver container port

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Posted November 29, 2024 4:14 pm

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Police in British Columbia say demonstrators have disrupted access to a major Metro Vancouver container port terminal, with the protesters calling for an end to what they call “Canada’s weapons trade with *******.”

Delta Police say on social media platform X, formerly known as

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, that officers at Deltaport are “working to resolve” the protest’s impact.

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*******-Hezbollah ceasefire renews push for Gaza deal

Police ask motorists to avoid the area of the protest, which coincides with the International Day of Solidarity with the ************ People.

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The protesters say in a news release they are students from the University of British Columbia and other community members.

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They say the demonstration also targets a Global Container Terminals executive who is a board member at UBC, and shared photos showing a long line of trucks blocked by flag-waving protesters.

A similar protest in April disrupted operations at Deltaport for several hours.

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The Port of Vancouver is the largest port in Canada, and GCT Deltaport is the country’s largest container terminal with capacity to handle 2.4 million standard 20-foot containers every year.

******* and ****** have been at war since Oct. 7, 2023, when ******-led militants stormed into southern ******* and ******* some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, while abducting another 250.

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The Gaza Health Ministry says the ****** toll in the Gaza Strip has surpassed 44,000. The local health authority does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count, but it has said that more than half of the fatalities are women and children.

— With files from The Associated Press.

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