Arrests End Shell Upgrader Protest At Scotford

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(Reuters) - Canadian police broke up an occupation by environmental activists of an oilsands processing facility under construction in Alberta, majority owned by Royal Dutch Shell Pic, arresting 16 activists over the weekend.Environmental group Greenpeace and the company said on Sunday that the protest began on Saturday at an expansion of Shell's Scotford facility in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. It was the third such action in recent weeks to target facilities linked to oilsands production.