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By Jacqueline St. Pierre\u00a0 \u00a0Local Journalism Initiative TORONTO\u2014A powerful coalition of voices representing the Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Elders in the Robinson-Huron Treaty Territory gathered at Queen\u2019s Park\u00a0 on Earth Day to advocate for the cessation of herbicide spraying in Ontario\u2019s forests. Led by Elder Caroline Recollet of the Wahnapitae First Nation and Jo Bissaillion of the Serpent River First Nation, the group was joined by environmental advocates Joel Theriault of Stop the Spray Ontario, Mary Lou MacDonald from Safe Food Matters and Jessica Murray from Sierra Club. While the area currently affected is the North Shore, due to the large swaths of Crown Land, Anishinaabe elders from Manitoulin Island such as Evelyn Roy of M\u2019Chigeeng First Nation have joined the fight. \u201cThey are killing the animals; they are killing… <\/p>\n

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By Jacqueline St. Pierre\u00a0 \u00a0Local Journalism Initiative TORONTO\u2014A powerful coalition of voices representing the Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Elders in the Robinson-Huron Treaty Territory gathered at Queen\u2019s Park\u00a0 on Earth Day to advocate for the cessation of herbicide spraying in Ontario\u2019s forests. Led by Elder Caroline Recollet of the Wahnapitae First Nation and Jo Bissaillion of the Serpent River First Nation, the group was joined by environmental advocates Joel Theriault of Stop the Spray Ontario, Mary Lou MacDonald from Safe Food Matters and Jessica Murray from Sierra Club. While the area currently affected is the North Shore, due to the large swaths of Crown Land, Anishinaabe elders from Manitoulin Island such as Evelyn Roy of M\u2019Chigeeng First Nation have joined the fight. \u201cThey are killing the animals; they are killing... <\/p>\n

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