http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/9669/0 en http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/story/no-home-range/18355 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Indigenous resistance to the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/cold_lake_2.jpg" alt="" title="More than one million litres of bitumen have been recovered at a tar sands spill in the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range, and the spill continues. Photo credit: CNRL / Emma Pullman" width="450" height="337" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/brdn_april_trip_low_res_skidoos.jpg" alt="" title="In April 2013, a group of Buffalo River Dene Nation members traveled into the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range, hauling materials to build cabins. Photo credit: BRDN—Keepers of the Land" width="450" height="337" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/brdn_april_trip_cabin_youth_waving.jpg" alt="" title="Plans for more trips and activities inside the air weapons range are underway, says Buffalo River Dene Nation Chief Lance Byhette. Photo credit: BRDN—Keepers of the Land" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>BEAUVAL, SASKATCHEWAN&mdash;On a clear day in northwestern Saskatchewan, the jets are visible on the horizon. Flying in formation, they veer west and drop down below the boreal forest treeline and over a vast weapons range before landing back at the military base.</p> <p><a href="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/story/no-home-range/18355" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/story/no-home-range/18355#comments Sandra Cuffe Environment Indigenous Cold Lake Air Weapons Range Dominion Stories Saskatchewan Thu, 08 Aug 2013 12:34:12 +0000 dawn 18355 at http://dominion.mediacoop.ca