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Quebec: Barriere Lake Algonquin Acquitted For Blockade Charges - Forestry Company Caught Lying On The Stand


Quebec: Barriere Lake Algonquin Acquitted For Blockade Charges - Forestry Company Caught Lying On The Stand   On June 5 2012, Norman Matchewan, a youth spokesperson for the First Nation of Mitchikanibiko'inik (the Algonquins of Barriere Lake), was acquitted on what community members alleged all along were politically motivated charges. Matchewan was acquitted of mischief and obstruction of justice stemming from a 2009 blockade protecting his people’s territory from illegal...

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