Liberal and NDP Aboriginal affairs critics respond to the situation in N.B.
In Ottawa the Liberal and NDP Aboriginal affairs critics respond to the situation in New Brunswick.
New Brunswick
Protest in New Brunswick turns violent
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.
"Crown land belongs to the government, not to f*cking natives"
Heavily armed RCMP officers, some clad in full camouflage and wielding assault weapons, moved in early Thursday morning to enforce an injunction against a Mi’kmaq barricade that has trapped exploration vehicles belonging to a Houston-based firm conducting shale gas exploration in New Brunswick.
NB premier, Mi'kmaq chief discussed ending blockade, allowing shale gas exploration to continue, handwritten notes reveal
Days after Elsipogtog Chief Arren Sock demanded Houston-based firm SWN Resources Canada leave New Brunswick, he sat at a hotel conference table with the province’s premier discussing a strategy that would see the company stay and continue its controversial shale gas exploration work, APTN National News has learned.
Update from the New Brunswick barricades
A weekend of talks has failed to bring down the barricades in Rexton, New Brunswick.
NB Premier, Elsipogtog Chief pledge more talks as Mi'kmaq Warrior Society ups pressure on exploration company
New Brunswick Premier David Alward and Elsipogtog First Nation Chief Arren Sock walked out of a meeting Monday in Fredericton holding braids of sweetgrass and pledging more talks to end an anti-fracking highway blockade that continues in a northern part of the province beneath the shadow of a court injunction ordering its dismantling.
Elsipogtog Chief, NB Premier keep talks going as blockade continues
Elsipogtog Chief, NB Premier keep talks going as blockade continuesA round of high-level talks between New Brunswick Premier David Alward and Elsipogtog Chief Arren Sock have begun with the aim of ending a more than week-long anti-fracking blockade on a highway in the northern part of the province.
Mi'kmaq Warrior Society says it was "cut out" of meeting with NB Premier
The Mi’kmaq Warrior Society says it was “cut out” of a meeting with New Brunswick Premier David Alward to discuss a possible resolution to an ongoing, anti-fracking blockade in the northern part of the province.
Ottawa putting financial squeeze on Mi'kmaq over anti-fracking protests: councillor
Ottawa is starting to put the financial squeeze on a Mi’kmaq First Nation in retribution for ongoing anti-fracking protests that have led to a looming confrontation at a highway blockade in New Brunswick, according to a band councillor.
