No sign of giving up in New Brunswick
APTN National News While temperatures may be dropping there’s no sign of the Mi’kmaq blockade…
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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…
After court loss, Elsipogtog braces for SWN’s return
(Elsipogtog lawyer T.J. Burke (left) stands next to Elsipogtog Chief Aaron Sock. APTN/Photo) By Jorge…
NB residents turn to Mi’kmaq as environmental concerns bubble to surface in wake of shale gas exploration
By Jorge Barrera APTN National News ELSIPOGTOG FIRST NATION–Environmental concerns are beginning to bubble to…
Mi’kmaq claim another highway victory in ongoing battle against shale gas exploration
By Jorge Barrera APTN National News LAKETON, NB–It was another day of skirmishing on the…
SWN expected to retrieve equipment north of Elsipogtog First Nation
By Jorge Barrera APN National News ELSIPOGTOG FIRST NATION, NB–A Houston-based energy company facing intense…
Elsipogtog anti-fracking protests triggering angry online backlash
The ongoing, Mi’kmaq-led opposition to shale gas exploration in New Brunswick is creating an on-line backlash, with some calling for a counter protest in support of SWN Resources Canada which was forced to call off its planned work Thursday after facing dozens of demonstrators.
Tensions rise north of Elsipogtog as RCMP confronts Mi'kmaq
Tensions are high north of Elsipogtog First Nation as a line of RCMP officers is now confronting Mi’kmaq gathering in an attempt to stop thumper trucks operated by SWN Resources Canada.
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.
