From NewsPirates:
Canadian authorities shut down a border crossing into the United States at Cornwall, Ont., after Mohawk leaders from the nearby Akwesasne territory warned they would not tolerate guns in their community.
Talks on the weekend between Mohawk officials and the Canadian Border Services Agency broke down over the issue of arming guards assigned to posts on Cornwall Island, which is in the middle of Akwesasne, a territory that straddles Quebec, Ontario and New York State.
The border guards in Cornwall were set to start carrying 9-mm handguns, under a new federal policy enacted across the country. Instead, guards left their posts at midnight Sunday, citing safety concerns, after hundreds of Mohawks set up camp near the border to protest the gun policy.
Border authorities later closed the border altogether, allowing no vehicles to cross the Seaway International Bridge.
The Mohawk protesters are angry about guards being allowed to carry guns, because they say it violates their sovereignty, and increases the likelihood of violent confrontations.
Turtle Talk 