In a statement released Thursday, the chiefs of five Mi'kmaq bands in southwestern Newfoundland said they will engage an Indigenous mediator to try and resolve the ongoing dispute over the proposed wind turbine project on the Port au Port Peninsula.
Eight residents of the Port au Port Peninsula made their first appearance in Supreme Court in Corner Brook on Thursday after being served with a court injunction over the weekend against their blockade of a work site in Mainland.
A group of protesters on Newfoundland and Labrador's Port au Port Peninsula has blocked access wind power test site for more than a week, citing concerns about their water supply.