Kawartha Nishawbe members leave blockade at Burleigh Falls dam project but barricades remain
Kawartha Nishnawbe members leave blockade at Burleigh Falls dam project but barricades remain The Indigenous blockade at a Parks Canada dam project in Burleigh Falls, Ont., ended Wednesday. On Jan. 12, 2021, members of the Kawartha Nishnawbe First Nation erected a blockage at the Parks Canada dam site to prevent further reconstruction of the dam which started a day earlier. The First Nation members claim they were never consulted on the project which lies in the treaty area of the Mississagua's of Kawartha Nishawbe in Burleigh Falls, about 30 kilometres north of Peterborough and adjacent to C...
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