05/15/2008  Algonquin Nation, Ontario Canada, Robert Lovelace beings Hunger Strike for good faith negotiations in uranium mining dispute

 "Jailed Algonquin Leader Begins Hunger Strike

Second Algonquin Chief Going to Jail - McGuinty Government Does Nothing

On February 15, 2008 Ardoch Algonquin First Nation (AAFN) Spokesperson Robert Lovelace was sentenced in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Kingston to 6 months in maximum security, plus crippling fines, for peacefully protesting uranium mining in the Ardoch homeland. Chief Paula Sherman was fined $15,000 and given until today to pay the fine, failing which she will be jailed."

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