(Attawapiskat ice road diamond mine blockade. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Nakogee)
By Jorge Barrera
APTN National News
ATTAWAPISKAT–Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence says the OPP have arrived in the community and the people blockading an ice road leading to a De Beers diamond mine would likely be served with an injunction ordering them off the site on Saturday evening.
Spence said the band received a call from De Beers saying a sheriff would be flying into the community and then escorted to the ice road blockade to serve the people at the site with the injunction notice.
“We had a call from De Beers saying the sheriff is coming in town,” said Spence. “Two OPP are in town and they are the ones who are going to escort the sheriff to hand over the notice to the blockaders.”
Spence said she was trying to confirm a rumour that the OPP would also be escorting De Beers-bound trucks toward the Victor mine site later Saturday.
“I have to go find out,” said Spence.
The blockade outside Attawapiskat on the ice road leading to the mine has been in place since last Sunday.
De Beers obtained an injunction against the blockaders on Friday.
@JorgeBarrera
KICK THE O.P.P. And SHERIFF OFF THE PROPERTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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