Women warriors at a tire fire blockade on Hwy 11, Dec 2, 2013, during resistance to SWN exploratory work for fracking in New Brunswick.
by Shawn McCarthy, The Globe and Mail, May 27, 2016
The New Brunswick government has extended for an indefinite period its ban on hydraulic fracturing, saying the jury is still out on the risks to public health and environment from the controversial practice.
The province has faced major divisions over proposed shale gas development, with industry arguing it would spur the economy and boost job creation, but many residents and First Nations activists fearful of the potential environmental impact of fracking – the technique of using chemically laced water under high pressure to break rock and extract natural gas or oil.
Mi’kmaq march against SWN Resources exploratory drilling for natural gas near Rexton, New Brunswick, 2013.
CTV News, March 16, 2016
Houston-based subsidiary of Southwestern Energy, SWN Resources Canada has pulled its presence from the province of New Brunswick.
The oil and gas company issued a statement saying its Moncton office closed Wednesday, laying off two people, including manager of the N.B. project, Chad Peters.
Two of six police vehicles torched, Oct 17, Mi’kmaq territory, 2013.
by APTN National News, December 7, 2015
New Brunswick’s top doctor was fired by the provincial Liberal government to clear the way for the lifting of a moratorium on shale gas exploration this spring, according to the leader of the provincial NDP.
Provincial NDP leader Dominic Cardy says a senior government source told him Eilish Cleary, New Brunswick’s now-fired chief medical officer, would stand in the way of a government decision to lift the moratorium. Read the rest of this entry
Mi’kmaq face RCMP riot cops on Oct 17, 2013, near Elsipogtog, NB.
Benjamin Shingler, The Canadian Press/CTV News, August 17, 2014
MONTREAL — Federal officials closely tracked the fallout of an RCMP raid on a First Nations protest against shale-gas exploration in New Brunswick, at one point raising concerns it could spawn another countrywide movement like Idle No More.
Documents obtained under access-to-information legislation reveal a lengthy email chain last fall monitoring events related to a blockade near Rexton, N.B., about 70 kilometres north of Moncton.
Mi’gmaw Warriors Society fells trees, lights fire, creating inner road block on highway 134, New Brunswick
by Miles Howe, Halifax Media Coop, Sept 30, 2013
Rexton, New Brunswick – Anti-fracking activists in Kent County, New Brunswick have responded to last night’s RCMP-imposed block of both sides of highway 134, near the off ramp of highway 11, by creating an inner road block of their own. Read the rest of this entry
Warriors in front of blocked SWN truck near Elsipogtog, New Brunswick.
by Miles Howe, Halifax Media Coop, July 28, 2013
ELSIPOGTOG, NEW BRUNSWICK – Last night, July 27th, about 35 anti-shale gas activists blockaded a 20 ton truck, subcontracted to SWN Resources Canada, for over 8 hours. The truck, filled with helicopter bags – each containing dozens of geophones – was attempting to exit southward along Irving Road, a back road west of highway 126 in New Brunswick. The truck, as well as eight other equipment trucks subcontracted to SWN, were conducting seismic testing in the hopes of finding shale gas deposits along a 35.9 kilometer north-south line known as ‘Line 5’. All the equipment and workers were halted until about 3:30am Atlantic Time. Read the rest of this entry
by Miles Howe, The Dominion, June 24, 2013
SWN contractor flees from angry crowd.
BROWNS YARD, NEW BRUNSWICK – By Sunday, June 23rd, SWN Resource Canada’s highly contested and protested seismic testing along highway 126, in Kent County, New Brunswick, had almost wrapped up.
But the seismic test along the highway is only one of several planned testing lines, and the company’s attempts to begin another line of seismic testing – this time along the back roads of Kent County – was yesterday halted in its tracks by community members living in the vicinity of Browns Yard. Read the rest of this entry
Protesters were arrested for blocking traffic on Route 126 south of Rogersville
CBC News, June 21, 2013
Twelve people were arrested during shale gas protests on Route 126 in New Brunswick Friday.
RCMP confirmed that at about 2:30 p.m., five women and three men were arrested for blocking traffic on the road south of Rogersville. Shortly before 4 p.m., three more men and another woman were arrested, bringing Friday’s total to 11. Read the rest of this entry
Demonstration is being held on Route 126 near Harcourt
CBC News, June 14, 2013
The RCMP have arrested 12 anti-shale gas protesters on Route 126 near Harcourt, N.B., on Friday morning.
The protesters have been holding demonstrations and blocking roads in Kent County for more than a week. Read the rest of this entry
Government official says arrests prompted after SWN equipment was damaged
CBC News, June 10, 2013
Anti-shale gas protesters were arrested on Sunday after equipment owned by SWN Resources Canada was damaged, according to a government official.
The reasons for the arrests on Sunday are conflicting, however.
While a government official says the arrests were prompted after protesters damaged equipment, demonstrators say three people were arrested because they were not keeping far enough away from the equipment. Read the rest of this entry
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