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Second Innu blockade erected to protest Quebec Hydro project
The scene on Oct. 16, 2012, as Quebec police move to dismantle blockade. A second blockade has been erected and remains as of Oct. 22.
MALIOTENAM, QUE. – Dissident Innu protesters have set up a new blockade of the main supply road to a major northern Quebec Hydro dam project.
About 20 young people used large trees to prevent heavy traffic and goods from heading east along Hwy. 138 to the Romaine River dam that’s being built about 700 km northeast of Quebec City. Read the rest of this entry
Quebec Police Dismantle Innu Blockade Against Controversial Hydro Complex
By Ahni, Intercontinental Cry, March, 11, 2012 
Quebec provincial police went on the march last Friday to dismantle a blockade that a group of Innu citizens erected to protest the construction of hydro transmission lines through their traditional territory.
According to available reports, no one was arrested during the court-backed offensive, which the Innu passively tried to resist. However, a total of thirteen people were arrested, including ten women. Read the rest of this entry
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