Grassy Commemorates 10 Years of Logging Blockade

(Courtesy of Sergio Alberto Mendoza Luna http://mendoza.prosi​te.com)

The Grassy Narrows First Nation is marking a different sort of anniverary.

Its been 10 years since the Blockade of logging roads near the community began.

A special ceremony was held at Queen's Park in Toronto yesterday.

Its considered the longest running Indigenous logging blockade in Canada.

A sacred fire was lit at the Ontario Legislature, and on the Grassy Narrows First Nation, a pipe ceremony was held in a new long house built at the Slant Lake Blockade site.

Grassy residents have been protesting clear-cut logging activity in their community.