ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Family and friends say they fear for the life of an aboriginal elder in Labrador who was in the fifth day of a hunger strike Tuesday to protest the Muskrat Falls hydro project.
James Learning, 74, was arrested Friday with seven other protesters who slowed traffic near the $7.7-billion development.
Roberta Frampton Benefiel, Learning’s companion since 1992, said he is refusing food to fight a court injunction that she says restricts access to traditional hunting and trapping lands around Muskrat Falls.