More staking in the Boreal Forest as conflict reigns

Wildlands League calls for rules for development to protect ecological sensitive ecosystems

April 30, 2008 - Toronto - Today CPAWS Wildlands League is calling on the province to halt mineral exploration in the Boreal Forest so that the government can design and implement rules for development. The group issued the statement after learning about new staking being conducted by the same mineral exploration company that sued Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) for $10 billion.

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Chorus of celebrities call for release of Bob Lovelace and the KI Six

April 22, 2008 - TORONTO - In the latest development in the jailing of Bob Lovelace and the KI Six, prominent Canadian authors, artists, musicians and publishers are calling on Premier Dalton McGuinty to halt mineral exploration in the lands of two Aboriginal communities in Ontario so that the imprisionment of seven Aboriginal leaders can be brought to an end.

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Premier responds on KI, Ardoch

Read the Premier's response to letter by high profile Canadians in support of KI and Ardoch Algonquins.

Rally for Bob Lovelace & KI 6

See video from the April 9th rally to support jailed Aboriginal leaders Bob Lovelace and the KI Six.

Leaders oppose mining, jailed

Wildlands in the News: Read Murray Campbell's Globe and Mail column, "Six jailed leaders deserve better in native land dispute" from April 12, 2008.

Five of jailed KI Six in the Thunder Bay Correctional Facility. Cecilia Begg is being detained in Kenora.
Photo: Andree Cazabon

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