I wonder how the First Nations people employed at the mine feel about this.
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Published Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 3:44PM EST
ATTAWAPISKAT, Ont. -- De Beers Canada says a group of Attawapiskat residents is blockading the main winter road leading to the company's Victor diamond mine in northern Ontario.
De Beers says the blockade began Monday evening on a road the company uses to move in supplies like fuel, machine parts and equipment that would be too heavy to fly in.
Spokesman Tom Ormsby says the blockade has not yet impacted the mine's operations, but has forced De Beers to cease operations on the road.
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/attawap...#ixzz2K5MiIucz
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