CN Rail says at least 20 rail cars carrying potash derailed today near Hope, B.C.
The company says no injuries, fires or dangerous goods are involved.
The railway says preliminary information indicates the cars derailed off of a rail bridge.
The company has sent a team of environmental experts and an outside contractor to the site of the derailment because it says several of the cars derailed into a body of water.
It says the cause of the incident is under investigation.
While about a dozen demonstrators rallied on the Boardwalk, about a half-mile away, volunteers for the city painted the words “Black Lives Matter” in bold yellow on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
The woman was seeking a stay of a lower court ruling that rejected her request for an injunction, having concluded the 83-year-old man with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease — identified as Mr. X — was entitled to the procedure because he met the criteria under federal law.
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