CALEDONIA / SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND – Land Back Lane activists are heading back to court as the Crown appeals the absolute discharge ruling. Back in 2020, Six Nations land rights activists including Skyler Williams, halted a housing development on Mackenzie Road in Caledonia. The development site was located on what are known as unceded Haudenosaunee ancestral lands. Land activists have since occupied the site, now known as 1492 Land Back Lane with tiny homes and gardens. Initially, two civil court judges sided with developers Foxgate and backed the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) attempts to evict and charge the activists. The permanent injunction to evict them was made in December, but was not enforced by the OPP. Then between July and October, Land Back Lane activists including Williams were…
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