In the fall of 2000, a stand-off occurred in Northern Ontario that captured international attention. On one side was Canada's largest city (Toronto), a billion dollar consortium backed by the notorious international waste giant WMI and the province of Ontario. On the other side were the people of Timiskaming First Nation along with their neighbours -- the farmers and blue collar families

of Timiskaming region Ontario and Abitibi-Temiscamingue region, Quebec. At issue was the use of the abandoned Adams Mine open pits for one of North America's largest dump sites.

This page  is set up to provide you with some of the background to a non-violent struggle that stopped Toronto in its tracks.