First Nation Blockade Where First Nation Refused To Consult Leads To Injunction

On February 12, 2008, Associate Chief Justice Cunningham of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released his reasons for the September 27, 2007 injunction order in favour of Frontenac Ventures Corporation ("FVC") and against the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation (the "AAFN") and the Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation ("Shabot"), its leaders and its members. The injunction motion arose from the occupation of private property, an area of which FVC leased for its field office and for core storage, and the access point to the exploration property upon which the FVC mining claims and lease are situated.

Ontario, the Ontario Provincial Police ("OPP") and the Algonquins of Ontario ("AOO") intervened in the motion. AOO is an umbrella group of Algonquin communities that are in negotiations with Ontario and Canada respecting an Algonquin land claim. At the time of the motion, the AAFN were not at the Algonquin