A year later, a day of fire and violence turns into a day of healing in Elsipogtog
One year ago Friday, the RCMP in New Brunswick raided a Mi’kmaq Warrior camp.
Fracking
Hundreds of complaints filed against RCMP after Elsipogtog fracking blockade
The RCMP’s watchdog is looking into hundreds of complaints stemming from protests against fracking in New Brunswick late last year. The Mi’kmaq led the fight was against provincial government sanctioned shale gas exploration by SWN Resources Canada.
Fracking meetings wrap up in Yukon report due out this fall
A series of meetings on the future of fracking in the Yukon are wrapping up this week.
How big of a role will fracking play in next week’s provincial election in New Brunswick?
New Brunswickers head to the polls next week.
Environment Minister responds to seismic tests in Clyde River, Nunavut
Nunavut MP and Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq is responding to the concerns of Clyde River, Nunavut.
Elsipogtog man says RCMP officers visited home with questions about Facebook comment
A man from the Mi’kmaq community at the centre of intense anti-shale gas protests says he was visited Wednesday by two plain clothes RCMP officers who were asking questions about a Facebook post calling for a protest on New Brunswick Day.
Elders in Northwest Territories speak out about fracking
Every year elders from all regions of the Northwest Territories are invited to the legislature to share and debate issues facing their communities.
Military’s counter-intelligence unit monitored Elsipogtog anti-fracking protests: documents
The Canadian military used its count-intelligence unit to monitor the aftermath of last October’s RCMP raid on a Mi’kmaq Warrior Society-led anti-fracking camp in New Brunswick in preparation for the eventuality the situation went “sideways,” according to internal document obtained by APTN National News.
RCMP’s raid on Mi’kmaq anti-fracking camp still haunts
Images of the clash between police and Mi’kmaq protesters from last Oct. 17 still haunt some who were there.
