Kingston Whig-Standard
Frontenac Ventures Corporation filed a $100-million lawsuit yesterday against the local Algonquin nations and their leaders and are seeking an injunction to remove the protesters blockade from the entrance of a proposed uranium mining site north of sharbot lake.
Since June 29, members of the Ardoch and Shabot Obaadjiwan Algonquin Nations have been camped out at the entrance of Frontenac Ventures’ site, preventing the company from entering the land on which they have staked claims. Neal Smitheman, the company’s lawyer, said the Algonquins’ occupation of the land is illegal and “could result in serious economic harm for the company.”
The lawsuit - which charges the Algonquins with interference of economic rights, among other things - estimates that the occupation could cause the company $100 million in economic damages.
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