James Loney, the Saultite who made international headlines in 2005 when he spent 117 days in captivity in Iraq, is leading an international group of Christian Peacemaker Teams activists monitoring an aboriginal land claim dispute in Eastern Ontario.
The Kingston Whig-Standard is reporting that the site of a proposed uranium mine at Sharbot Lake has been occupied by members of the Algonquin and Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nations.
Loney and three other CPT members are lobbying the Ontario government to negotiate a settlement.
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