New Brunswick support: Rally at the University of Saskatchewan
About 60 people turned out for a rally at the University of Saskatchewan including non-Aboriginal supporters of Elsipogtog.
About 60 people turned out for a rally at the University of Saskatchewan including non-Aboriginal supporters of Elsipogtog.
Outside Toronto people from the Alderville First Nation held a peaceful highway demonstration all in support of the people in New Brunswick.
From British Columbia to the east coast hundreds of Aboriginal and non – Aboriginal activists have been hitting the pavement to show they’re in solidarity with the Mi’kmaq people.
The RCMP was in damage control on Friday trying to make their case for why hundreds of heavily-armed officers were needed to raid a relatively small campsite of demonstrators.
RCMP has withdrawn from the disputed area and seismic testing trucks have been driven away.
In Ottawa the Liberal and NDP Aboriginal affairs critics respond to the situation in New Brunswick.
In New Brunswick the protest turned into a violent confrontation.
It all started Thursday morning, when RCMP moved in on protestors manning a barricade in Rexton, New Brunswick.
It’s a growing grassroots response similar to that of the IdleNoMore movement. Groups across the country are mobilizing Thursday after violence broke out on the anti-fracking protest line in rural New Brunswick.
Two years ago, Gull Bay First Nation had a healthy million dollar surplus.
Now, the northern Ontario community is almost broke and its books are in a mess.