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Algonquin Leader Jailed for Uranium Mine Protest
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Nuclear Resister
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April 8, 2008
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The spokesperson of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation, Robert Lovelace, has been sentenced to six months in a Canadian prison because he refuses to obey an Ontario judge's order to stop blocking trucks from entering Frontenac Venture's uranium mining claims on the First Nation's traditional land.
"My only regret is that I should have started earlier and worked harder," Lovelace told a reporter who visited him in jail.
Lovelace, an adopted member of the Ardoch Algonquin band and recent co-chief, was sentenced on February 15 for contempt of court. Co-chief Paula Sherman was also sentenced to six months in prison for contempt and both were fined - Sherman $15,000 and Lovelace $25,000 plus ...
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