[Indigsol] news coverage of barriere lkae dome on wednesday

[jeff monaghan]

there was also CP report (i've attached it below) that did not get printed.


PUBLICATION: Le Devoir
DATE:        2009.01.09
SECTION:     LES ACTUALITÉS
PAGE:        a5

BYLINE:      Le, Devoir
PHOTO:       Nadeau, Jacques
WORD COUNT:    118

Rendez-nous notre chef!

Le chef algonquin intérimaire destitué il y a près
d'un an, Benjamin Nottaway, est incarcéré depuis 2 mois ont rappelé
hier devant le bureau de Jean Charest à Montréal près d'une centaine
de manifestants, dont les membres de la communauté du lac Barrière
en Abitibi.

Benjamin Nottaway a été arrêté le 19 novembre dernier lors du
démantèlement d'un barrage routier érigé par la communauté
algonquine sur la 117. Le 6 janvier, la Cour fédérale a donné le feu
vert à la révision de la décision du ministre de Affaires Indiennes,
Chuck Strahl, de reconnaître l'autorité d'un nouveau chef, Casey
Ratt, en lieu et place de M. Nottaway.



DATE:        2009.01.08
KEYWORDS:    FORESTRY JUSTICE POLITICS 
PUBLICATION: cpw
WORD COUNT:    147

Protesters demand Barriere Lake chief be freed from jail

MONTREAL _ About two dozen supporters staged a peaceful protest
outside Quebec Premier Jean Charest's office on Thursday to demand
the release of an imprisoned native leader.

Traditional chief Benjamin Nottaway was sentenced last month to
45 days in jail for his role in native protests that blocked part of
a highway outside the Barriere Lake reserve.

The impoverished reserve about 300 kilometres north of Ottawa has
drawn riot police to the scene of road blockades over leadership of
the band.

The Barriere Lake reserve has also been involved in forestry
disputes stretching back more than a decade.

They include a protracted fight for a share of forestry and other
resource revenues estimated to be worth $100 million a year on
traditional Algonquin territory.

Elizabeth May, the leader of the Green party, and the Public
Service Alliance of Canada have also demanded that Nottaway be
freed.

Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl officially recognized Chief
Casey Ratt and four councillors last January but that's facing a
legal challenge.



Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 20:11:20 -0500
From: powless at gmail.com
To: michael.goguen at gmail.com
CC: indigsol at lists.resist.ca
Subject: Re: [Indigsol] news coverage of barriere lkae dome on wednesday

on APTN (http://www.aptn.ca/streaming/index.php?wmv=wednesday/six) at 2:45 in... which makes it nearly their headliner. pretty good coverage, pass it along!


2009/1/8 Michael Goguen <michael.goguen at gmail.com>

I heard it suggested that people videorecord their own events, and the media can't be um trusted? to do the job you want for you, ie truthfully, without their own spin...
 
Sorry I wasn't there, I couldn't get into Ottawa, weather seemed pretty rough Wednesday too.
 
Is there a way to have 'virtual meetings'?  ok, there is. let me rephrase.  would people consider this sometimes an option?
 
 
 
Michael Goguen


 
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:30 PM, <mattm-b at resist.ca> wrote:

hi,

did anyone out there see any of the coverage of the demo?

if so, can you let me know which station(s) and what you thought of it?



you can post  to the list, or write me directly.

sol,
matt

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