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Tyendinaga rail blockade leads to 3 arrests
Shawn Brant, one of the Tyendinaga Mohawks arrested on March 8, 2014.
By Jason Miller, The Intelligencer, Sunday, March 9, 2014
Shawn Brant is among three people charged in connection with a confrontation between police and native protesters at the scene of a Tyendinaga Township CN Rail blockade Saturday. Read the rest of this entry
Mi’kmaq warrior charged with throwing Molotov cocktails during shale gas protest
Molotov cocktails thrown on Oct 17, 2013, during RCMP raid on anti-fracking blockade near Rexton, NB.
Global News/The Canadian Press, March 7, 2014
REXTON, N.B. – A 20-year-old Nova Scotia man has been charged with allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at police during a shale gas protest in New Brunswick last fall that turned violent. Read the rest of this entry
Aboriginal rights a threat to Canada’s resource agenda, documents reveal
Idle No More protest near Sarnia, Ontario, on January 5, 2012, that blocked border crossing.
Canadian government closely monitoring how legal rulings and aboriginal protest pose an increasing ‘risk’ for multi-billion dollar oil and mining plans
The Canadian government is increasingly worried that the growing clout of aboriginal peoples’ rights could obstruct its aggressive resource development plans, documents reveal. Read the rest of this entry
Chief predicts Oka Crisis if feds impose Enbridge pipeline
Canadian soldier and warrior face off during 1990 Oka Crisis.
Leader says conflict will continue to escalate until the government decides to negotiate in good faith and honour First Nations rights
If Canada fails to respond to live up to its obligations to consult First Nations, British Columbia’s Grand Chief Stewart Phillip believes it will almost certainly see another Oka Crisis, referencing a 78-day standoff in 1990 between the Mohawk people, the Quebec police and the Canadian military that broke out when the province tried to build a golf course on a traditional burial site. Read the rest of this entry
Decolonizing Pipeline Resistance: An Interview with Freda Huson
Freda Huson, Wet’suwet’en.
by Lee Veeraraghavan, Occupy.com, Feb 25, 2014
As the battle over the Keystone XL pipeline intensifies in the United States, the Canadian province of British Columbia faces similar battles of its own. Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline, if approved, would transport diluted bitumen from the Alberta tar sands to the Pacific Coast. Read the rest of this entry
Court grants RCMP access to media tapes to ID Rexton suspects
Two (of six) police vehicles torched, Oct 17, 2013, Mi’qmak territory (Rexton, New Brunswick).
Documents give new insight into clash between police and anti-shale gas protesters in October
CBC News, Feb 19, 2014
A provincial court judge has granted an RCMP request to have access to videotape and photographs taken by CBC and four other media organizations during a clash between police and anti-shale gas protesters in Rexton, N.B., last October. Read the rest of this entry
Letter from an Elsipogtog mother
by Annie Clair, Halifax Media Coop, Feb 14, 2013
Annie Clair with her son, Junior, on his 21st birthday. (Photo: Shanelle Clair)
Hello, my name is Annie M. Clair. I was born and raised in Elsipogtog. I have four children and three grandchildren. (I am Junior (Germain) Breau’s mother.) I would like to share this with you: how it’s really been difficult to go sleep at nights and to think about my son in jail for such a long time. Read the rest of this entry
Fight the Pipelines: Answering the call to action
Unist’tot’en camp members stop surveyors, November 2012.
February 8, 2014
What’s happening? What should we do? What happens next?
WORK HAS STARTED ON THE PIPELINE ROUTE
It’s not clear exactly how much work has been done on the Pacific Trail and Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline route. Most likely they are clearing trees and brush. Worst case: They are digging trenches and laying pipe already. The info from Unis’tot’en Camp says the work is starting from the east and west and it will meet the indigenous blockade in the middle. http://unistotencamp.com/?p=761 Read the rest of this entry
Update on Sinixt Nation blockade of Mt. Sentinel
Sinixt winter camp at Mt Sentinel, January 2014.
Sinixt Nation, Feb 7, 2014
Lim Limt to all the supporters and allies that came and visited us at Mt.
Sentinel. Lim Limt again for the donations of food, coffee, firewood and
money. And above all, Lim Limt to all the stories and laughs shared around
the fire. Read the rest of this entry
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