OPP Aboriginal liaison officers met with the Attawapiskat diamond mine ice road blockaders on Monday afternoon while the band council waited for De Beers to endorse an agreement that would end the now nine-day protest that has severed the mining giant’s overland supply route.
A sheriff posted an injunction notice at the site of a week-long blockade on a diamond mine ice road a little over four hours after he was turned away from the Attawapiskat airport.
Moments after Steven Thomas, chief financial officer for De Beers, informed a group of blockaders the company would seek an injunction to have police end the ice road blockade, Attawapiskat band councillor Gerry Nakogee grabbed a microphone and accused the diamond mining giant of tricking the community.
When the members of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation in Sarnia agreed to shut down their blockade of a CN Rail line Wednesday at midnight that was believed to be the end of it.
APTN National News A contempt of court order was issued against the Sarnia CN Rail…
As members of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation enter their fourth day of blocking a railway line running through their reserve in Sarnia, Ont., the mayor of the city is now questioning why Prime Minister Stephen Harper won’t just meet with First Nation leaders, the main demand of the protesters.
By Kenneth Jackson APTN National News The Sandy Bay First Nation in Manitoba plans to…
Members of the Samson Cree Nation plan to block an Alberta highway on Wednesday in support of IdleNoMore and Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence’s hunger strike.
Members of the Samson Cree Nation plan to block an Alberta highway on Wednesday in support of IdleNoMore and Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence’s hunger strike.
