B.C. Indian band block forest road

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Members of the McLeod Lake Indian band are blockading a forestry road to stop logging operations by Balcean Enterprises.

The band says the land and the timber north of Prince George belongs to them according to a federal treaty which offered them 51 hectares of land per band member.

The road block was prompted when negotiations for the land claims stalled on June 23. The band is also seeking a court injunction to halt all logging.

Balcean Enterprises is also seeking a court injunction ? to have the blockade removed.