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GLENN OGILVIE / THE CANADIAN PRESS A photograph of Dudley George is affixed to a bench inside the provincial court building in Sarnia, Ont. Thursday. Beside it is a signature carved by the Stoney Point native, who died in an 1995 confrontation with Ontario Provincial Police.

Lengthy-awaited land deal for First Nation at Ipperwash, however previous wounds stay | Toronto Star SARNIA—On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the at Ipperwash Provincial Park, his brother is upset over the phrases of a proposed $95-million cope …

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A sign warns visitors to the former army camp at the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation of unexploded ordnance in parts of the 2,400 acre site in Ipperwash. (Free Press file photo)

The band issued a statement Saturday saying its members have ratified a final settlement agreement for the cleanup and return of the former army camp lands — under federal government control since they were appropriated for the Second World War effort in 1942 — and a $95-million settlement.

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A sign warns visitors to the former army camp at the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation of unexploded ordnance in parts of the 2,400 acre site in Ipperwash. (Free Press file photo)

The outcome of Friday’s vote regarding the federal government’s offer of a $95-million settlement to the Chippewas of Kettle & Stony Point won’t be immediately known, possibly for as long as 10 days.

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