By Anushka Yadav, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Pointer After travelling 1,146 kilometres, Sharon Sakanee of Neskantaga First Nationstood at the doors of Queen\u2019s Park with her grandson Micah on a rainy evening with a message: \u201cNo to Bill 5. No to the Ring of Fire. No destruction. No bulldozers. Not here. Not on our lands.\u201d The Attawapiskat River, near the spot where Sakanee\u2019s father and grandparents were born, flows through her traditional territory and lies within the \u201cRing of Fire\u201d region in Northern Ontario. \u201cDoug Ford wants to cross over that river with his bulldozer, where I continue to use that river system to hunt fish with my grandson,\u201d she told a crowd of environmental advocates, Indigenous leaders and concerned Ontarians gathered at a rally on May 28. \u201cThat… <\/p>\n
By Anushka Yadav, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Pointer After travelling 1,146 kilometres, Sharon Sakanee of Neskantaga First Nationstood at the doors of Queen\u2019s Park with her grandson Micah on a rainy evening with a message: \u201cNo to Bill 5. No to the Ring of Fire. No destruction. No bulldozers. Not here. Not on our lands.\u201d The Attawapiskat River, near the spot where Sakanee\u2019s father and grandparents were born, flows through her traditional territory and lies within the \u201cRing of Fire\u201d region in Northern Ontario. \u201cDoug Ford wants to cross over that river with his bulldozer, where I continue to use that river system to hunt fish with my grandson,\u201d she told a crowd of environmental advocates, Indigenous leaders and concerned Ontarians gathered at a rally on May 28. \u201cThat... <\/p>\n