MONTREAL: Environmental activists and Native American protestors blocked construction of a controversial oil pipeline between Canada and the United States for several hours with police arresting more than 160 demonstrators, according to a nonprofit.

To the cries of "Stop Line 3" and the sound of tribal drums, several hundred protesters, including actress and activist Jane Fonda, occupied the construction site in Lake Itasca, Minnesota, on Monday before being dislodged by the police.

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