PRAYERS FOR PEACEMAKERS, Aug. 24, 2011
Give thanks that the Ontario (Canada) Superior Court of
Justice has now ruled, ten years after the case began, that the Ontario
Government has indeed violated the treaty rights of the people of Grassy
Narrows First Nation.
Doug Pritchard
Christian Peacemaker Teams
Chicago, USA
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