Marchers walk from Elsipogtog to Moncton to deliver message to SWN
A group opposed to fracking in New Brunswick made a three-day trek to make a point.
Elsipogtog First Nation
Mi’kmaq who battled SWN “our protectors,” says Atleo
The Mi’kmaq who battled against a Houston-owned company conducting shale gas exploration in New Brunswick were not protestors, but “protectors,” said Assembly of First Nation National Chief Shawn Atleo.
Elsipogtog woman says she suffered trauma, injuries at hands of RCMP during arrest
Elsipogtog First Nation community member Marie Simon said she blacked out in the back of the RCMP paddy wagon just before her epileptic seizure.
RCMP investigate complaint truck involved with SWN exploration work struck three women
The New Brunswick RCMP is investigating allegations a pick-up truck involved with SWN Resources Canada’s controversial shale gas exploration work in New Brunswick struck three women on a highway during demonstrations Monday.
Round dancing and burning tires on Hwy 11 as anti-fracking resistance refuses surrender
Late Monday evening, after the tires were set on fire, a group of anti-fracking demonstrators round danced against a backdrop of flames in the middle of a New Brunswick highway while they waited for the RCMP to respond.
Rocks, arrests and confrontations on NB highway as fracking fight escalates
Five people were arrested while RCMP officers and cruisers were pelted with rocks as confrontations continued Friday on a New Brunswick highway where a Houston-based energy company is trying to complete shale gas exploration work.
Mi’kmaq-led anti-fracking camp served with notice of injunction from Houston-based energy firm
APTN National News ELSIPOGTOG FIRST NATION, NB–A Houston-based energy company has again filed for an…
Houston energy firm wants meeting with Elsipogtog fracking opponents: RCMP
(RCMP officers line up in front of SWN Resources Canada’s thumper trucks last week.) By…
RCMP keep close watch over anti-fracking camp
APTN National News An uneasy calm has settled over an anti-fracking camp just north of…