ACTION ALERT!
NEWS FROM THE FRONT LINES
| Date | Description |
| 17-Oct-96 | Lea Ann Mallet is arrested for a second time while escorting David Suzuki to the protest site. Suzuki, the host of the TV show "The Nature of Things" was not arrested. |
| 20-Sep-96 | 2 protesters approach heavy machinery at the logging site and lock themselves to the machinery using bike locks. It takes the activists 5 hours to be removed and both are arrested. |
| 17-Sep-96 | 2 protesters lock themselves to a an access bridge on Rabbit Lake Road. Police use a chain saw to cut a hole in the bridge to remove the protesters. Both were arrested but work was held up for 2.5 hours. |
| 16-Sep-96 | Ma-komin-ising Anishnawbe and other First Nations persons hold a traditional Native ceremony to welcome the members of the Forest Action Camp to the region. Ontario Provincial Police intervene and arrest 4 native and 4 non-native participants. 3 protesters lock themselves to heavy machinery with bike locks and holdup road work for 3 hours. All 3 are arrested. |
| 05-Sep-96 | 2 more protesters affix themselves to the to the concrete block barricade for a total of 7. Approximately 3pm a large group of police move in and declare the blockade a "crime scene" and arrest without warning everyone on site (7 protesters + 14 support people and spectators). |
| 04-Sep-96 | Approximately 4pm the police request a meeting with the blockade spokesperson Lea Ann Mallett. She is without warning arrested, placed in handcuffs and charged with criminal mischief and intimidation. |
| 03-Sep-96 | 4 protesters affix themselves to 800 lb. Concrete blocks setup on Rabbit Lake Road. 1 protester sits high up in a tripod behind the blockade. |
| 30-Aug-96 | Approximately 40 activists set up the Earthroots Forest Action Camp on the Rabbit Lake Road leading to the Owain Lake Ancient Forest. |
| 27-Aug-96 | OPP Suspect a bomb blast severely damaged a bridge on a logging road in the Temagami wilderness. |
| Jul-96 | Ontario Government announces plans to open ½ of Temagami's ancient Red and White Pine forest ecosystems to logging and the majority of the land base to mining. |
| Jun-96 | The Ontario Government delivers the final the Comprehensive Land Use Strategy for the Temagami area. |
| 1989 | Road blockades by the Teme Augema Anishnaiban and environmentalist cause media headlines and hundreds are arrested, including Bob Rae then opposition leader and future Premier of Ontario. |
| 1985 | Ontario Government announces plans to build the Red Squirrel Road into the heart of the wilderness south of the park. |
| 1983 | Lady-Evelyn-Smoothwater Wilderness Park is established but critical headwater and old growth forest areas are excluded. |
| 1975 | Local outrage stops government plans to build a downhill ski resort on Maple Mountain, a sacred native site. |
| 1964 | Original Temagami Preserve abolished. |
| 1901 | Temagami originally established as a reserve to preserve White Pine in 1901. |
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