The province says they’ve been able to allocate wood for the restart at Kenora Forest Products. The supply will come from parts of the Whiskey Jack Forest — which are outside of the traditional lands claimed by Grassy Narrows — as well as Kenora, Red Lake and Trout Lake Forests.

The sawmill started producing lumber earlier this month. It had been idle since 2008.

There’s been a permanent roadblock on parts of the Whiskey Jack since December 2002.

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Production starts at Kenora’s sawmill