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AAMJIWNAANG WATER GATHERING AND TOXIC TOUR 2017
WHAT: WATER GATHERING AND TOXIC TOUR 2017 Aug.18-20, 2017In brief: Everyone is welcome to join in at our annual Water Gathering and Toxic Tour at Aamjiwnaang First Nation’s Maawn Doosh Gumig (Place of Gathering). This event is a free educational social gathering for the water and opportunity to gain awareness and education about the environmental surroundings in the Chemical Valley from local community members living on the front line of the Petrochemical Industry. Read the rest of this entry
Sarnia: First Nation children heavily contaminated with banned chemicals
by Brian Bienkowski, The Georgia Straight, Nov 12, 2013
Imperial Oil refinery in Sarnia, Ontario.
Mothers and children of a First Nations tribe living in one of Canada’s most industrialized regions are highly exposed to estrogen-blocking chemicals, according to a new study.
The research is the first to confirm the Aamjiwnaang community’s fears of elevated exposure to pollutants, and it may help shed some light on why the tribe has an unusually low percentage of baby boys. Read the rest of this entry
First Nations man faces $16K bill for ‘Idle No More’ blockade on CN Railway
By Tyler Kula, Sarnia Observer, Thursday, July 25, 2013
Ron Plain speaking during a rally.
Aamjiwnaang First Nation activist Ron Plain has been ordered to pay more than $16,000 to CN Rail for his role in a 13-day blockade that was part of the Idle No More movement.
On Wednesday in Ontario Superior Court, Justice Bruce G. Thomas ordered Plain to pay $16,584.87 to CN to cover the company’s legal costs. Read the rest of this entry
Sarnia railway clear after judge orders end to native blockade
SARNIA, ONT. — The Canadian Press, Jan. 02 2013
Blockade of CN rail line near Sarnia, Ontario.
A nearly two-week long blockade of a railway line in Sarnia, Ont., was being dismantled Wednesday night just hours after an Ontario judge ruled that it must come down.
Lawyers for CN Rail launched court action against Ron Plain, a member of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation, alleging that he was in contempt of an injunction to disband the protests on the railway tracks. Read the rest of this entry
Court extends CN injunction as Idle No More rail blockade continues
Paul Morden, Toronto Sun/QMI Agency, Friday, December 28, 2012
Blockade of CN rail line near Sarnia, Ontario.
SARNIA, Ont. — An injunction against aboriginal protesters blockading a CN spur line at Aamjiwnaang First Nation has been extended.Members of Aamjiwnaang have been camped out on a CN rail line near Sarnia since Dec. 21 as part of the nationwide Idle No More movement. Read the rest of this entry
Aamjiwnaang blockade in Sarnia, Ontario, continues for third day
CTV News/The Canadian Press, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012
CN rail tracks blocked near Sarnia, Ont, Dec 23, as part of INM protests.
SARNIA, Ont. — The mayor of Sarnia says city police do not plan to shut down a CN Rail blockade by First Nations activists as long as no one is hurt in the protest.
Mike Bradley says CN obtained a court injunction that leaves it to police in the southwestern Ontario city to decide whether to end the three-day-old blockade. Read the rest of this entry
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