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2009
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Algonquin Land Claim

Early Literacy
by Susan Ramsay

Legalese
General information and
opinion on legal topics by
Rural Legal Services

Master Gardeners

Night Skies
by Leo Enright

Obituaries

Outdoors in the
Land O'Lakes
by Steve Blight &
Lorraine Julien

Uranium Exploration in
North Frontenac

Uranium Exploration 2009

Archived articles concerning the uranium mining operation, proposed by Frontenac Ventures Corporation, on crown lands disputed by the Ardoch Algonquin and Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nations

2009 / 2008 / 2007

Jun 18/09 - Shabot Obaadjiwan Step Away from Frontenac Ventures
An Algonquin community that was so opposed to uranium exploration that they joined a blockade, and the uranium exploration company that they blockaded. In the end the Memorandum of...

May 1/09 - Ontario Mining Act Reform: Surface Rights Holders Win Major Victory
Over the past eight years there has been a string of stories in this paper and many other media outlets about landowners who were out walking on their rural properties and found that swaths of trees had been cut, and boundaries marked off with stakes...

Feb 12/09 - Diamond Driller Confirms 15 Drill Holes at Frontenac Ventures Exploration Site
There is confirmation this week that 15 test holes were drilled on Frontenac Ventures’ mining claim properties in late May and June of last year. The Shabot Obaadjwan First Nation, and the Ministries of Northern Development and Mines and Aboriginal Affairs all say...