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By Carl Meyer, The Narwhal Leadership at a Treaty 9 First Nation set fire to documents about a proposed road to the Ring of Fire this week, sending a message of resistance to the Doug Ford government about its plans to kick-start mining in the region by pushing through Bill 5 without Indigenous consultation. Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation Coun. Sam Mckay told The Narwhal that individuals, whose names he still doesn\u2019t know, flew into the remote community north of Thunder Bay, Ont., unannounced on June 10 to deliver the draft environmental assessment. said the nation\u2019s chief and councillors felt they had to respond. The document burning, captured on video and posted online, is a symbol of the nation\u2019s opposition to both the road and Bill 5, Premier Ford\u2019s fast-tracking law… <\/p>\n

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By Carl Meyer, The Narwhal Leadership at a Treaty 9 First Nation set fire to documents about a proposed road to the Ring of Fire this week, sending a message of resistance to the Doug Ford government about its plans to kick-start mining in the region by pushing through Bill 5 without Indigenous consultation. Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation Coun. Sam Mckay told The Narwhal that individuals, whose names he still doesn\u2019t know, flew into the remote community north of Thunder Bay, Ont., unannounced on June 10 to deliver the draft environmental assessment. said the nation\u2019s chief and councillors felt they had to respond. The document burning, captured on video and posted online, is a symbol of the nation\u2019s opposition to both the road and Bill 5, Premier Ford\u2019s fast-tracking law... <\/p>\n

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