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.
De Beers is pressuring Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence and her band council to bring an end a four-day blockade of a winter road leading to the company’s Victor diamond mine in northern Ontario.
An ongoing blockadeby Attawapiskat residents of an ice road leading to a De Beers diamond mine is causing “significant financial damages” and “irreparable harm” which could force the mining giant to shut its operations down, according to the company.
An ongoing blockadeby Attawapiskat residents of an ice road leading to a De Beers diamond mine is causing “significant financial damages” and “irreparable harm” which could force the mining giant to shut its operations down, according to the company.
The man accused of killing two Ottawa women and under investigation for the murders of two First Nation women claims to be First Nation himself.
A campaign called Housing Now has launched in Vancouver.
A campaign called Housing Now has launched in Vancouver.
The blockade of a winter road leading to a diamond mine near Attawapiskat ended Thursday evening after an agreement between mining giant De Beers, the chief of this northern Ontario First Nation and protesters.
As Idle No More rallies again unfolded around the world Monday, Cree NDP MP Romeo Saganash introduced a private members bill to make federal laws compatible with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
