Friday, August 28, 2009

Mining Protests Resume

The protest over mining in northern Ontario is heating up again.

Members of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation prevented a floatplane carrying Platinex officials from landing on a lake near the company's mining claims yesterday.

While OPP officers watched from the shore, residents operating boats made it impossible for the plane to land safely.

The company is blaming the provincial government for the situation.