Mi’kmaq women hold press conference after mischief charges
Lorraine Clair and Susanne Patles hold press conference in Elsipogtog. Photo by M. Howe. Listen to ...
Month: June 2013
Mi’kmaq community outraged by treatment and arrest of women carrying out sacred duties to protect water against seismic testing
Suzanne Patles and Lorraine Clair, two Mi'kmaq women recently arrested for conducting ceremonial prayers near SWN’s seismic testing site in ...
Patles released after interrogation, night in custody
Elsipogtog - After being interrogated and spending a night in the Codiac police station in Moncton, Susanne Patles has been ...
Anti-fracking arrests continue on Highway 126
Elsipogtog - About 25 RCMP officers in uniform, along with about a dozen police cruisers, continued on June 9th to ...
UNB professors speak up for part-timers
We take the unusual step of writing this open letter to the UNB Board of Governors because an injustice is ...
Alward government repairs position on status of women
Last week, the province’s Women’s Issues Branch renamed itself the Women’s Equality Branch, then followed up with plans for a ...
Fredericton north resident asks MLA Troy Lifford to intervene on quarry
A letter to Troy Lifford, MLA for Fredericton – Nashwaaksis, from Rodney Patterson, a Fredericton north resident. Estey’s Bridge Rural ...
Hundreds rally against health care cuts in NB
Hundreds rally against health care cuts over the noon hour at the NB Legislature in Fredericton ...
Shale gas opponents arrested, determined to stop SWN’s exploration in NB
Shale gas opposition is heating up as SWN Resources attempts to do exploration work on Mi'kmaq territory in Kent County ...
Miramichiers worry about pollutants from mill
Arbec Mill in Miramichi. Photo by Patricia Deitch. A call from a woman concerned about dark ...