*** ALERT *** KIDNAPPED

MNN.  Sept. 20, 2007.  Message from Rotiskeneketeh, “We will be walking peacefully on the CPR tracks from the “border” of Kahnawake at St. Constant off Highway 132 at the intersection of Highway 30.  From there we will walk to the Train Bridge over the tunnel in the village of Kahnawake.” 

“We are standing in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Six Nations who have just been kidnapped by the foreigners forces of the Ontario Provincial Police, Hamilton City Police and the RCMP.   Ontario and Canada have walked away from the “talks”.  This has always been an international matter of colonial Canada invading the Indigenous sovereign people of Six Nations.”

“Our people have been victimized by attacks from colonial government agencies.  This use of force must stop.  They must obey international law.  We are standing together in support of all of our Six Nations Territories.” 

“Defending our land is not criminal.”

Contact:  Janie at 519-732-9828 and B.L.T. 514-816-9533.

This propaganda by Janie Jamieson who initiated the criminal occupation of DCE and clearly can’t grasp the concept of “law” brought to you by www.CaledoniaWakeupCall.com

Suspects Sought in Aggravated Assault

CALEDONIA, ON, Sept. 20 /CNW/ – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has issued warrants for the arrest of three suspects in relation to the Stirling Woods Subdivision assault.

On September 13, 2007, a contractor working in the subdivision was assaulted resulting in serious injuries.

The investigation by Haldimand County OPP detectives, under the direction of Detective Inspector Ian Maule, OPP Criminal Investigation Branch, led to the identification of three persons in connection with this incident and warrants being issued for their arrest. The investigation was conducted with the assistance of OPP Intelligence Bureau and the cooperation of Six Nations Police Service.

The suspects are: Richard SMOKE, age 18 years, being sought for aggravated assault and break and enter; Byron POWLESS, age 18 years, wanted on charges of assault and break and enter; and a 15-year-old male youth also wanted for assault, uttering threats and break and enter.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of these individuals is asked to call the Haldimand County OPP at (905) 772-3322 or for those wishing to remain anonymous contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (1-800-222-8477) or leave an anonymous online tip at www.helpsolvecrime.com

For further information: Prov. Constable Paula Wright, Cell: (289)
260-9345, Pager: 1-888-798-9116

Courtesy of www.CaledoniaWakeupCall.com

NEWS RELEASE: Greg Sorbara comments re Caledonia & Ipperwash Inquiry called “shameful”

Joint Media Release
September 20, 2007

VoiceofCanada
and
CaledoniaWakeUpCall

Lead investigator for Ipperwash Papers project calls Greg Sorbara’s use of Ipperwash Inquiry to justify Liberals’ handling of Caledonia crisis “shameful”

Mark Vandermaas, lead investigator for The Ipperwash Papers project, is directing all media outlets to documents proving that the official Ipperwash Inquiry deliberately covered up all evidence related to the suffering of innocent Ipperwash residents due to landclaim lawlessness. He, along with other contributors to the project - long-time Ipperwash resident and activist, Mary-Lou LaPratte, and CaledoniaWakeUpCall.com founder, Gary McHale - provided a summary of this evidence to the Premier’s office on March 14, 2007 following a Queen’s Park news conference where they released 400+ pages of documents ‘overlooked’ by the Inquiry.

Vandermaas’ concern was prompted by Cabinet Minister Greg Sorbara’s recent remarks in which he justified the Liberal’s ‘hands-off’ policy to the Caledonia crisis by saying his statements conform to recommendations of the Ipperwash Inquiry.

Vandermaas says, “Imagine if the government invested $20M and 3 years on an inquiry into Caledonia, but refused to allow a single resident to testify, and went out of its way to exclude every shred of evidence of native crimes against them? What if this inquiry was then used to justify a ‘hands off’ policy against native lawlessness in another Ontario town? That’s the legacy of the Ipperwash Inquiry for Caledonians.”

“It is shameful that a member of the McGuinty government would knowingly use a fundamentally unfair inquiry to justify Liberal inaction when areas of Ontario are so dangerously close to anarchy. The Ipperwash Inquiry deliberately ignored the suffering of innocent people in Ipperwash just as the Liberals are now ignoring the people of Caledonia,” he said.

Read the full news release here

Who’s in charge – Six Nations Confederacy or Julian Fantino?

CaledoniaWakeUpCall.com is reporting that Clyde Powless, the man who ordered the main street of Caledonia dug up for weeks last year, gave the ‘OK’ for an OPP force led by a plainclothes RCMP officer to arrest a bunch of native thugs at the Stirling Street development site as described in Bulletin: RCMP lead OPP arrest of 13 natives during crisis at Stirling Street development in Caledonia.

Around 7:30pm I got a call from a Caledonia resident who met an OPP officer and asked him, given the news that arrests of natives had actually occurred, if Julian Fantino had been fired. The officer replied that as far as they knew, Fantino was still in charge, but that they got the “blessing of the Six Nations Confederacy” to make the arrests.

Who is in charge of the OPP – the Six Nations Confederacy or Julian Fantino and the government of Ontario?

Read the full story here

List of who was arrested – Where are the Youth we heard about?

CALEDONIA, ON, Sept. 20 /CNW/ – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), with the support and assistance of the Hamilton Police Service, attended the Stirling Woods Subdivision yesterday and arrested nine persons protesting at the site.Prior to the arrests, the OPP gave all protestors the option of leaving the property on their own accord or being arrested and charged. Those arrested have been identified and charged as:

- Ronald COOK, age 31, of Akwasasne, New York, is charged with Mischief and Possession of a Prohibited Weapon

- Greg POWLESS, age 18, of Ohsweken, is charged with Mischief

- Stephen POWLESS, age 42, of Ohsweken, is charged with Mischief

- Francine DOXDATOR, age 47, of no fixed address, is charged with Mischief

- Teresa JAMIEISON, age 41, Ohsweken, is charged with Mischief and Assault Police

- Sheranne McNAUGHTON, age 26, of Hagersville, is charged with Mischief

- Skyler WILLIAMS, age 24, of no fixed address, is charged with Mischief and was arrested on an outstanding bench warrant for an unrelated matter

- June Lynette JAMIESON-MARACLE, age 40, of Ohsweken is charged with Mischief

- A 17-year-old female from Ohsweken is charged with Mischief

All nine will appear in Cayuga Court today.

“The OPP is working hard to maintain a safe and secure environment in which issues can be dealt with peacefully,” said OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino. “Our job is to ensure that the rule of law prevails and this is what we are doing… strictly and absolutely enforcing the law to maintain public peace and order.

“We will continue to ensure that law-breakers, including anyone intent on provoking conflict in Caledonia, are identified and held accountable,” said Commissioner Fantino.

For further information: Prov. Constable Paula Wright, Caledonia Media Office, Tel (905) 765-7455

Courtesy of www.CaledoniaWakeupCall.com

Protesters file $10M suit; First Nations groups also seek $1 billion from Ontario

Kingston Whig Standard
Sept 19, 2007

The two First Nations groups being sued by a uranium-mining company filed a $10-million counterclaim against the company and the Ontario goverment during a hearing yesterday in Kingston.

In its statement of defence, the Ardoch Algonquin First Nations and Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nations stated that they are also seeking $1 billion from the government for breach of fiduciary duty and breach of a duty to consult. They claim, too, that the mining act is unconstitutional.

Oakville-based Frontenac Ventures Corp. is seeking a way to force its opponents – the Algonquins and their supporters – to leave the site so the company can continue its exploration work.

It’s currently suing the Algonquins for $77 million, claiming that the protest has prevented them from doing work on the property since June 29. The inactivity, it says, has jeopardized their financial backing.

Neil Smitheman, the lawyer representing Frontenac Ventures, spent yesterday morning in Kingston’s Superior Court of Justice grilling Ontario Provincial Police for the names of protesters occupying the company’s proposed mine sites north of Sharbot Lake.

Read the full story here

Police clear protesters from Caledonia site

CALEDONIA, Ont.–The last pocket of native protesters was cleared yesterday from a residential construction site where a house builder was severely beaten last week.

With neighbours watching and cheering from their backyards, about 50 Ontario Provincial Police officers in riot gear marched in and arrested nine men and women who had defied their native elders by refusing to leave the Stirling St. site in Caledonia.

The operation went off without a major hitch as natives watching from the sidelines made no attempt to assist the protesters. It was a marked contrast from an abortive OPP raid at Douglas Creek Estates on April 20, 2006, when protesters with clubs and crude weapons chased off a heavily armed police team, injuring several officers.

Read the full story here

Police arrest nine at native protest site in Caledonia

Brantford Expositor

A large OPP force took over a contested housing site in Caledonia on Wednesday and arrested nine native protesters who defied their elders by refusing to leave the Stirling Street development.

Residents watched and cheered from their homes as about 50 officers in riot gear, a tactical team and canine units marched into the Stirling Woods subdivision where home builder Sam Gualtieri was beaten unconscious last week.

Officers surrounded a group of protesters and gave them time to walk away from the site or face arrest, Const. Paula Wright told reporters near the site. Within minutes, nine men and women were taken away.

Police did not release the names of those arrested or the charges they face.

Sgt. Dave Rektor said police were still processing the protesters late Wednesday night and weren’t prepared to release their names or ages to the media.

Read the full story here

Vacuum at the top

Wednesday September 19, 2007
Simcoe Reformer

The McGuinty government moves in strange and mysterious ways.

But Ontarians at least can thank the provincial Liberals for laying down a marker that will help voters distinguish them from the pack in the Oct. 10 election.

Elections are about leadership. Sometimes they are only about leadership. Parties with sound policies sometimes fall short because voters find their leaders lacking in this vital area.

The incumbent Liberals were forced to speak about leadership this weekend following a serious assault in Caledonia. Native youths allegedly beat a developer into unconsciousness on Thursday.

The assault occurred after natives occupied a subdivision site because they decided the developers were not respecting new land-use controls that Six Nations has claimed in southern Ontario.

Aboriginals are slowly but surely sterilizing development in communities along the Grand River. They are emboldened by the fact that – after 18 months of confrontation – no one at the provincial or federal level will stand up to them.

Read the full story here

Nine native protesters arrested in Caledonia dispute

September 20, 2007
Globe & Mail

The Ontario Provincial Police yesterday arrested nine aboriginal protesters who had continued to demonstrate outside a new subdivision in Caledonia, southwest of Hamilton, even though Six Nations chiefs had made a deal with the developer to allow the project to proceed.

A Caledonia source with detailed knowledge of the background to yesterday’s police action said that it was done with the tacit approval of the Six Nations Confederacy Council.

“It [the nine arrested] was that splinter group that has been giving all the trouble,” the source said.

The OPP said in an announcement that the arrests were made after a joint action by the OPP and the Hamilton Police Service, in which the protesters were given the option of leaving the property or being arrested.

Read the full story here