Grassroots women are blocking passage for Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR ) enforcement officers interfering with back-road repair work by the northwestern Ontario First Nations community. The community is repairing washouts and beaver damage to nearby back-roads to facilitate their ongoing use and enjoyment of their traditional territory.
Watch Videos from the River Run March and Rally
Please join us on April 6, 7 as we demand justice for our people and protection for the water, air, and forests that give life to us all.
In March, Amnesty International released a briefing to the United Nations, criticizing Canadian officials for allowing logging to proceed in Grassy Narrows over the clear opposition of the community and in violation of Indigenous rights protected by Treaties and other international law.
Read the new report linking massive clear-cut logging operations in Grassy Narrows to new American homes marketed as “environmentally friendly" by Quadrant Homes, a subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser, the largest lumber company in the world.
