Brantford Police "Arrest" Brantford Police Spark Violent Arrest Six Nations Man As Site Shuts Down
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No. "Caledonia Part 2" Brantford police "arrest" Brantford Police spark violent arrest Six Nations man as site shuts down By Mark Ladan .t.. to 1 eti .ts e. rr - Writer BRANTFORD - One man is in jail and others have dug in to "protect" Six Nations land, claiming Brantford could be "Caledonia 2" after police disrupted a peaceful Six Nations L land rights protest at a Fen Ridge court construction site 760-_. S. i Monday . What started off as a quiet Monday stop for another day at the site. morning at a Fen Ridge Court con- About eight people from Six Na- I. I struction site, quickly turned into a tions had camped out in three tents tense situation for Six Nations land and a teepee on public property protectors. One person was ar- near the site since Friday, when rested and more people could be they were able to persuade charged after work was forced to (Continued on page 3) Ont. premier pledges to preserve J large area of northern boreal forest By Keith Leslie THE CANADIAN PRESS I e.°I.r. TORONTO -A massive swath of northern On- - HMO. tario boreal forest, considered the world's largest 'A:)ii:;A4 -:ww M carbon storehouse, will be off-limits to forestry 1 _ ::^'...... and mining activities under a plan that will also guarantee First Nations a share of resource rev- - I enues, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Monday. T. .- that Brantford Police arrest Dwayne Maracle at construction site on Fen Ridge court in the city's northwest would protect half of the province's pristine boreal forest from commer- where Kingspan Instillation is building a new headquarters and warehouse. Polcie wrestle Maracle to the cial activities. ground when he stood in front of a cement truck headed across the proste line. (Photo by Jim C. Powless) "It's home to the largest untouched forest in Canada and the third largest AFN Leadership race wetland in the world," McGuinty said of Ontario's boreal forest. (Continued on page 2) p -_ Fontaine to seek fourth AFN term well Inside 11 al By Sue Bailey brows by openly glad -handing THE CANADIAN PRESS before next year's vote. een lova.' I think any organization is open Local 2 .92.10 , OTTAWA- Phil Fontaine plans to "I Editorial 6 seek an unprecedented fourth term for change, new ideas and new ira 1/4,, 3. Angus innovative ways of dealing with is- Sports .8 urger as Canada's top native politician Youth Rally .12 R . but he's already being challenged sues," he said in an interview. 1 Careers 22 for the job. "It's up to the leadership to make Classified 21 It's his second consecutive stint as that decision and choice. Any Business Directory 20 z, head of the national Assembly of person that puts their name forward Price $1.25 First Nations (AFN), which he also is to be commended. I think there led between 1997 and 2000. will be four or five of us." Daily news updates I° ° Sources say Fontaine, who is rid- Bellegarde, 45, plans to be in Que- www.theturtle slandnews.com ing high after last month's residen- bec City on Tuesday as the . t7 eá tial schools apology in Parliament, 600 -member assembly starts its 1 I 01> r PhilFontaine hopes to renew his three -year term three -day annual meeting with a care who else is running. when it ends next summer. 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C ll Carl II,R sad M1e shortage president Leslie Sowde, said. btu were M1 with paying two Ontario preserves forests, revenue sharing with northern bands fair years of wanted mss the fair grow, b - hsn't.Wlt need caeca buayc' (Continued s m;rron9 where in Ontario. aria's Mining Act to deal with dal, enviromnestal features and Mat are harvested, mined into nuke down payment on complaints that prospectors can vulnerable species, but als. ex- wood products replanted acto- One arrested as site shut down, more protests planned The area ...).even north of the Well and that this and some money stake lands for exploration without pressed concerns Slslpemllel,meesures all put about[ he lack of ally sequester four to five times (Continued from front) s I with an additional 18 officers in the bank (for First Nations),"t consulting the owners. details In the announcement. ore carbon STM had blacked the only way ?25,000 squaw kilometres, about than untended forests, Cons.. to remove its in to all McGuinty said "We get to say to The opposition parties warned that "1 think it's very important that and wailed that heavy equipment in the traffic, except for transport the steel Nova Scoria, New the government off the site, trucks our aboriginal communities: if %kakimy announcement could you don't change the tales after not taking that Highway 403 and Oak park heading ware- Brunswick and Prince Edward Is- i into accent. Rod fora distribution is there some mining exploration discourage new invesmnt people have invested money, and . land combined. Home [o just ion Environmentalist. were quick 10 aréa. STM is building awarehouse house on estreet.A mobile here, and you permit thSl. 8515 ing and forestry in the far north by change the roles mid- stream, applaud 24,000 people, it comprises you "said McGill., announCe- and North American headquarters command nit, with nine or 10 Pear oflhe sawn.' ring uncertainty about what mining association president Chris row, calling it "visionary" and for Ireland -based member tactical unit was sal up whopping 63 pea cent of the Amp, Ins.. 5 Mining generated about $1 l billion new rules could be developed a Hodgson. "But there's no on the dolman lands. acrom Oak Park provmce's entire Ian) moss. deal crucial to protecting mviroa- disputed .king lot Rod in Ontario in 2007, and McGuinty cancan echoed by industry wooer. h." and to g the pea- the twice the size o[ rbe British combat globalo warm- Last Friday, Six Nations from police blockade. 's said he was confident thee.... Mona "If you were a business Last year, 1,500 scientists from 50 ingot pie at the site was told that STM Earlier in the day, the ammo( Isles," he said. "It lath : award. the new protected area of tight now looking at investing, you con ran called m Canadian goy- "Ecosystems and species latest protest, immense. It's ms unique and pre- M10r on are going would return on Monday to re- this Steve "Boots" mom. the forest won't cause any damage see this huge question mark we wairnero, federal, provincial and mad to respond to change in move concrete forms from cement !Aweless calmly told the funk Is- Its the growing sector. wool know what we're dealing tertilorial, to protein the 5.6 million wilderness News the he didn't think this The new pion would also require dim.. and having Mat had been poured last week and fail We don't want to compromise with for 13 to 15 years," said Jamie square kilometres of boreal forest areas that are not fragmented tmn into another Caledonia- Natmining and Nrcsfrycompanies with other equipment on Meade.