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First Nations protest against development ends with police warning

A First Nations protest against a housing development ended today after police threatened to lay charges.

The protest began when two men chained themselves to a tree in the Beaver Pond Forest. Protesters also staged a sit-in at the city hall in Ottawa.

The protest was led by Algonquins in Ottawa.

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Protest at Ottawa city hall over forest ends peaceably (CBC 2/1)
Sit-in ends at mayor’s office over Beaver Pond Forest (The Ottawa Citizen 2/1)

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