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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday October Page FEATURES Nitassinan walkers deliver message By LISA The Herald The Freedom for Nitassinan Peace Walkers passed through Hills Tuesday and Wednesday to deliver a message to end the silence allowing the federal government to the rights of natives Approximately 10 peace walkers visited Halton Hills speaking at local schools and at a pot luck dinner hosted at St John s United Church on Street in Georgetown As the walkers left Georgetown early Wednesday morning en route to Brampton were joined by about Brampton high school students waving the Peace for Nitassinan banner The two month from Windsor to Ottawa Department of Defence for a Solidarity for Sovereignty Rally on Nov 10 involves both Innu and native Indian participants Organized over the past year the walk was designed as a major violent resistance project an educational vehicle to in form at least communities about native struggles Thirty five year rid Ben Michel a native of called the an education campaign saying that people can decide if they support the walkers or not if they don understand the issue It up to them to decide if they want to and out said Mr Michel If people want to make a change and stop tactical training and bombing runs over they will have to refuse to let the government use their silence to continue the cises Mr Michel sud They must be informed he said but once they are unformed and con to let it happen then they are just as bad as the Canadian government Referring to the walk as an act of violent civil disobedience the walkers want to see an end to the 18 low level flights of North Atlantic Treaty lion NATO bombers over the Nitassinan homeland The number of planes which often fly at tree level are expected to dou in the next year The British Dutch and Germans are permit ted to use a 100 km area for homing practice to drop shells filled with kg of cement smoke bombs and laser guided dummy warheads The walkers want the thousands of flights stopped because they say the planes disrupt life for both humans and animals on the range There have been reports of dead fish washing ashore from lakes contaminated with oil believed to have come from carbon monox from plane passes In an attempt to explain the ef feet of hearing a passing plane Mr Michel said your heart s up in your mouth and you re disoriented for a few minutes Although the sound only lasts a few seconds it seems to last for several minutes because of the ringing in the ears he added It a sonic boom like thunder or even louder You can feel the earth tremble under your feet he effect often labelled the startle effect has created physical and psychological damage including miscar explained Mr Although he can t say how many miscarriages have been caused by the loud noise of the planes Mr Michel said they have been documented Doctors are aware of this too he said but they are afraid to speak up because they don want to lose their licences he said children are suffering psychologically from the startle effect Mr Michel explained The children jump out of canoes in terror he said They run frantically at the noise Some are so frightened by the planes that they just faint Is it necessary to practise this defence and offence when there is no longer any enemy Mr Michel said He sincerely believes that walking across the province will make a difference and that the people he meets in every com care about native Mr Michel holds high regards for the people who have participated on the walk full or part time One participant took a leave of absence from university to join the walk Mr Michel added That takes a lot of courage he said It takes courage to face this awakening of a peopte who have suffered an injustice Mr Michel insisted Seeing the desire for change in the hearts of the peace walkers has given the year old native new hope It gives me a new sense of hope he said At least I ve proved to my people that all Canadians bad I beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel Marc of Kit a member of the Alliance for Non Violent Action worked to the peace walk over a year ago He said the walkers have ap preciated the immediate support from communities who have donated food and shelter People who buy pins and T shirts are helping to fund the walk hesaid Ben Michel a 35 yearold native of been for two months across Ontario on a peace march to put an end to Indian oppression the Canadian government The Freedom for Peace Walk came through Hills on Monday and Tuesday Herald photo CVCA to study water quality The Credit River Valley vation Authonty has just embarked on a nine mi nth long study on finding ways to improve the water quality of the redit River its tributaries confirm Marilyn Manager of Resource Planning for the The good fisheries in the Credit River indicate the is good said Ms The ty however is concerned that if new protective policies are not developed the river will be to pollution As the study pirlnns the them part of river in around Hilton Hills Ms the authority is concern about the rural estate subdivi plans that are being proposed Policies must be established that ensure rural estate developments built in the of the river are not permitted to idversely affect the ground water said Ms More specifically rural estate developments can disrupt natural inftltntmn systems found in the ground water A natural infiltra lion system of sand and cleans the ground she said Ms ilso said the CVCA is concerned tint policies be im to ensure septic tanks hooked up to rural estate developments locited near the are in designated areas to prevent pollution All along the river the s position is that the river is most susceptible to pollution in areas undergoing urban type develop she said In doing the study the will work with the provinces ministry of Environment and Natural Resources area municipalities and the public said Ms The studv is part of an ongoing initiative by the to cooi dimte the management of the water 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