Elsipogtog prepares to confront SWN's machinery
Warriors from Elsipogtog First Nation are preparing to confront the machinery owned by a Houston-based energy firm conducting shale gas exploration work just north of the Mi’kmaq community.
Warriors from Elsipogtog First Nation are preparing to confront the machinery owned by a Houston-based energy firm conducting shale gas exploration work just north of the Mi’kmaq community.
A heavy RCMP presence is in an area Tuesday where a Houston-based energy company is expected to resume its controversial shale gas exploration.
SWN Resources Canada is planning to resume its controversial shale gas seismic exploration work on Wednesday, according to Elsipogtog War Chief John Levi
The battle against fracking went to the steps of the provincial legislature in New Brunswick.
For the first time there will be fracking in the Northwest Territories.
Conoco Phillips is one of the world’s largest oil and gas exploration companies.
Two members of the Mi’kmaq Warrior Society say they were roughed up and beaten by RCMP officers and jail guards after they were arrested following a heavily-armed raid on a Mi’kmaq led anti-fracking camp in New Brunswick earlier this month.
The Mi’kmaq-led opposition to shale gas exploration in New Brunswick continued to regroup Monday, moving into a new phase which could also bring new leadership to the ongoing struggle.
About 60 people turned out for a rally at the University of Saskatchewan including non-Aboriginal supporters of Elsipogtog.
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.
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