Elsipogtog support rallies sprout across Canada
Demonstrations across the country took place Monday in support of the anti -fracking movement in New Brunswick.
New Brunswick
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.
Highway battle over fracking continues in New Brunswick
Demonstrations continued Monday against the exploration work of a Houston-based energy firm looking for shale gas deposits along a New Brunswick highway.
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.
Three more people arrested by RCMP in New Brunswick
A few dozen protestors braved heavy wind and rain to voice their concerns over shale gas exploration.
SWN Resources Canada continued its seismic testing along the highway near Rexton.
Shale gas trucks back to work in New Brunswick
Trucks belonging Houston-based SWN Resources were back looking for shale gas deposits in eastern New Brunswick yesterday.
Tensions were high at times as the company has an injunction against protestors so it can get its work done before winter.
Elder says she was beaten and humiliated by the RCMP in New Brunswick
Lorraine Claire was arrested while protesting against shale gas exploration last week.
SWN won injunction against New Brunswick protestors
For months protestors – many from the Elsipogtog First Nation – have faced off against the RCMP.
While members of Elsipogtog played a central role in the protests none of them are named in this injunction.
SWN resources file injunction against New Brunswick protestors
APTN National News A Houston-based resource company is pushing back at protestors in New Brunswick….
