12 arrests made at sunrise ceremony, SWN seismic trucks pass sacred fire
Community members now wait for release of arrested Moncton - SWN seismic trucks, flanked again by an escort of RCMP...
When drones guard the pipeline
Militarizing fossil fuels in the east Someone needs to explain to me why wanting clean drinking water makes you an...
Shale gas protests in pictures
A driver of a thumper truck (used in shale gas exploration) steps forward to be smudged...
“We’ve made our sacred fire. We’re going to stand our ground here:” Seismic trucks won’t pass, says Elsipogtog war chief, calls for help from all Nations
Elsipogtog - A sacred fire, which must burn continuously and be monitored for four days, has been lit by Mi'kmaq...
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...
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...