Guelph: Road Blockade in Solidarity with the Mohawk Nation

Guelph: Road Blockade in Solidarity with the Mohawk Nation
[Contributed by Anonymous to news.infoshop.org, June 20 2009]
[Ontario]
In the morning of June 17th 2009, a few people dressed in black blocked the Hanlon Highway at Paisley Road during rush hour.
Fallen trees and branches were pulled across the southbound lanes and two smoke bombs were set off to [...]

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Riot in Montreal North for the second time in a year

Tensions between Montreal North’s youth, police
Updated Wed. Jun. 17 2009
CTV.ca News Staff [Quebec]
Some residents of Montreal North are worried the neighbourhood’s youth are relying on violence to express their frustrations with police, after a night of vandalism resulted in nine arrests.
“I’m worried that young people are developing a culture of violence against the police,” Brunilda [...]

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Tyendinaga Mohawk jail solidarity demonstration

Protesters out on bail
Posted By W. BRICE MCVICAR
THE BELLEVILLE INTELLIGENCER [Ontario]
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
A handful of protesters arrested late last week in connection to the Skyway Bridge blockade have been released on bail.
John Boots, Brendan McLaughlin and Benjamin Loft were all released on $1,000 bond with conditions not to associate with the others charged [...]

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Second Tyendinaga solidarity blockade comes to end

Blockade comes to end
Posted By JEREMY ASHLEY AND W. BRICE MCVICAR,
THE BELLEVILLE INTELLIGENCER [Ontario]
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Motorists are once again able to cross the Skyway Bridge after protesters who had closed the Highway 49 fixed link for six days left the scene without incident.
It was just after 5 p. m. on Friday when the small [...]

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Tyendinaga Mohawk police chief’s vehicle shot up

Mohawk police chief’s vehicle shot up
Posted By BELLEVILLE INTELLIGENCER STAFF [Ontario]
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Six bullets were pumped into the personal vehicle of Tyendinaga Mohawk Police Chief Ron Maracle, The Intelligencer has learned.
The incident occurred while the vehicle– a black Ford F-150 — was parked in the lot of the police station on York Road between [...]

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Six Nations Solidarity Action: “Native protesters cause highway chaos”

Six Nations Solidarity Action: “Native protesters cause highway chaos”
June 11, 2009
Paul Morse
The Hamilton Spectator [Ontario]
A protest march by Six Nations natives snarled traffic along some of greater Hamilton’s busiest highways today.
Several dozen natives on foot and in cars proceeded along the Red Hill Valley Parkway, Linc and Highway 403 to Brantford to protest the arming [...]

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Tyendinaga Mohawks block bridge in solidarity with Akwesasne

Mohawk protesters block Ontario bridge over arming of border guards
CBC News [Ontario]
Last Updated: Monday, June 8, 2009
About 40 Mohawk protesters blocked a bridge in eastern Ontario Sunday evening in support of a nearby First Nations community engaged in a standoff with the federal government over the arming of border guards.
Protesters blocked either side of the [...]

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Prisoner restrictions halted at Matsqui

Prisoner restrictions halted at Matsqui
Lawyers plan to take complaints to court
Mary Frances Hill, Vancouver Sun [British Columbia]
Published: Saturday, June 06, 2009
Corrections Canada called off severe restrictions on prisoners in Matsqui Institution on Friday after lawyers for the prisoners went public with complaints about deteriorating conditions.
Prisoners had been locked in their cells for 23 hours a [...]

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Matsqui prisoners transferred days before they were to air complaints in court

Matsqui prisoners transferred days before they were to air complaints in court
By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun [British Columbia]
June 4, 2009
Fourteen Matsqui prisoners — including two who filed a petition against the prison over inhuman living conditions — have been transferred to other institutions, just days before they were to get their day in court.
Prison rights [...]

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Border guards flee from Akwesasne Mohawk Territory after demonstrations

Updates from No One Is Illegal – Montreal and links to corporate news articles
Update – 5:35am
Monday, June 1, 2009
– CBSA guards abandon posts
– Seaway International Bridge is blocked to vehicular traffic by police
– Protesters maintain presence at border crossing
Dawn is breaking on the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne, where local residents have protested for months to [...]

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