Activist CommuniquÃ©: Algonquins of Barriere Lake in standoff with the SÃ»retÃ© du QuÃ©bec to prevent unauthorized loggi

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The Algonquins of Barriere Lake are protesting unauthorized logging on their territory since Resolute Forest Products (formerly known as Abitibi Bowater) began logging last Tuesday without proper community consultation or informed consent to the Mitchikanibikok Inik First Nation.

The logging area in question is near Poigan Bay, Quebec, within territory that includes Algonquin sacred sites and important moose hunting grounds.

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