Elsipogtog Chief Sock says “resolve will stay strong”
Elsipogtog First Nation Chief Aaron Sock said his community would not be backing down from its battle with a Houston-based energy firm exploring for shale gas in the region.
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Elsipogtog woman says she suffered trauma, injuries at hands of RCMP during arrest
Elsipogtog First Nation community member Marie Simon said she blacked out in the back of the RCMP paddy wagon just before her epileptic seizure.
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.
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…
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…