Indigenous
Canada and colonialism: a truth rarely discussed
From Media Indigena: There is reason to believe that the oft-quoted number of 500+ missing and...
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Idle No More: Canada escalates war on First Nations
Idle No More march across the Centennial Bridge in Miramichi in January 2013. Photo from Idle...
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Shot-hole driller goes up in flames, two security trucks seized – another bad day for SWN in the woods of New Brunswick
Shot-hole driller ablaze on Bass River Road, NB on June 26th. Photo by Miles Howe. SWN...
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SWN rebuffed in New Brunswick back woods
Browns Yard, NB - By Sunday, June 23rd, SWN Resource Canada’s highly contested and protested seismic testing along highway 126,...
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12 more opposed to shale gas arrested as RCMP turn violent on National Aboriginal Day
Segewaat, who has been tending the sacred fire for over a week, was among the first...
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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...
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Shale gas protests in pictures
A driver of a thumper truck (used in shale gas exploration) steps forward to be smudged...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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