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Woodland Cree First Nation blockade Obsidian Energy oil expansion in northern Alberta

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An injunction against the blockade is served by Obsidian Energy, May 8, 2024.

By Wallis Snowdon, CBC News, May 8, 2024

Protesters occupying a camp established by a First Nation in northern Alberta to defy drilling operations on its traditional lands have been ordered to vacate. 

The camp — a tipi and tents flanked by rows of trucks lining the road 75 kilometres east of Peace River, Alta. — is Woodland Cree First Nation’s latest effort to oppose Obsidian Energy’s expansion plans.

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