Canada to hold talks with indigenous group in bid to end blockades

A Canadian government minister was scheduled to open two days of talks with a major indigenous group on Thursday in a bid to end three weeks of rail and road blockades across the country that are harming the economy.Activists have disrupted passenger and freight traffic to show solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en people in the Pacific province of British Columbia, who are seeking to stop TC Energy Corpfrom building a gas pipeline over their land.Carolyn Bennett, the minister of crown-indigenous rel