Dec 11/08 Editorial: Chief Davis' Deal
Dec 4/08 Shabot
Obaadjiwan Comes to Accommodation Agreement with Frontenac Ventures
It
took almost six months of negotiations, but the Shabot Obaadjiwan
First Nation, along with their Algonquin Land Claim partners, have
inked an agreement with the Government of Ontario and Frontenac
Ventures Corporation.Jul 10/08 Why Appeals Court Supports Ardoch Algonquins
Ardoch Algonquin First
Nations’ lawyer Chris Reid may well have felt his legal arguments
fell on deaf ears on February 18 in Kingston Superior Court when
Justice Cunningham sentenced his clients Bob Lovelace and Paula
Sherman to six months jail time and levied a total of $50,000...
Jun 26/08 "Frontenac Venture Won't Drill Before July 21" says Davis
Shabot
Obaadjiwan Chief Doreen Davis told the News on Monday that after
intensive negotiations with the Ontario Ministries of Mines and
Aboriginal Affairs and Frontenac Ventures Corporation, a pilot
consultation framework is slated to be announced by the end of this
week...
Jun 19/08 Shabot Obaadjiwan Claim Breakthrough in Mining Consultation
In
a press statement released on Friday of last week, the Shabot
Obbadjiwaan First Nation said it had won “a
key concession from Ontario in its efforts to protect the environment
and citizens of their traditional territory...
May 15/08 Aboriginal Affairs Minister Visits Shabot Obaadjiwan
Michael
Bryant, Ontario Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, was in Sharbot
Lake on May 8 to hold talks with the Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation.
The main subject of the discussions was the uranium exploration at
Robertsville, Ontario, a few minutes north of Sharbot Lake on Hwy
509.
May 1/08 Lovelace Speaks Out On Uranium
Feb 21/08 Statement From Shabot Obaadjiwaan
Feb 21/08 Statement From Ardoch Algonquin
Feb 21/08 Lovelace Sentenced 6 Months for Contempt of Court
In
a Kingston courtroom last week, Superior Court Justice Douglas
Cunningham heard Frontenac Ventures’ Lawyer Neal Smitheman propose
27 weeks of jail time and hefty fines for Robert Lovelace and Paula
Sherman of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation.
Feb 14/08 Shabot Obaadjiwaan Leadership backs out of Robertsville
Of the eight individuals who were facing potentially
severe financial penalties as the result of contempt of court charges
being pursued in Kingston Court by Frontenac Ventures Corporation,
three have had their matters deferred; two have backed out and
committed to ending their obstruction; and three were left to face...
Feb 7/08 Mediations Fall Through
A mediation process that had been
ongoing since December in an attempt to resolve a dispute between members of
the Ardoch and Shabot Obaadjiwaan First Nations and the Government of Ontario
has broken down, and crew members from Frontenac Ventures Corporation were
refused entry at the gate ...
Jan 10/08 Tough Slugging as Mediation Goes Into Closed Session
Mediation talks aimed at
avoiding conflict at the Robertsville mine site in North Frontenac
and averting contempt of court proceedings against Algonquin and
non-Algonquin protesters took a strange turn when they resumed in
Kingston...
