http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/10192/0 fr http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/showdown-elsipogtog/20423 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Seven months of shale gas resistance in New Brunswick </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_1.jpg" alt="" title="On June 9th, Suzanne Patles was arrested for mischief while praying in front of SWN&#039;s seismic testing equipment. It was the third arrest of the summer. Photo by Miles Howe" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_2.jpg" alt="" title="Segewa&#039;t Na&#039;gu&#039;set, one of the fire keepers at the sacred fire encampment, was among 12 people arrested at a peaceful protest along highway 126 on June 21st, National Aboriginal Day. Photo by Miles Howe" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_3.jpg" alt="" title="On June 25th, I was the first responder at this shot-hole driller fire. SWN estimates that the damages to equipment from this fire total $380,000 and the RCMP continue to treat the case as unsolved arson. Photo by Miles Howe" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_4.jpg" alt="" title="A full SWN work contingent was blockaded on July 28th for over eight hours. The night marked a turning point, as it was the first time the Mi&#039;kmaq Warriors Society acted in conjunction with anti-shale gas activists. Two days later, SWN announced it was leaving Kent County for the summer. Photo by Miles Howe" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_5.jpg" alt="" title="For three weeks, from late September to mid-October, activists managed to blockade key pieces of SWN&#039;s seismic testing equipment, including five &quot;thumper&quot; trucks. On October 17th, RCMP brutally attacked the peaceful encampment, firing less-lethal rounds, pepper spraying activists and arresting 40 people. Pictured is Mi&#039;kmaq War Chief Seven Bernard, after being shot twice in the legs by less-lethal rounds. Photo by Mile Howe" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>K&#39;JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX)&mdash;In early June, I walked with Suzanne Patles from Eskasoni First Nation and two Mi&#39;kmaq women from Elsipogtog First Nation along Highway 126 near Harcourt, New Brunswick. People told us not to go, not to approach the seismic testing trucks; that people had been arrested earlier in the day; that there would be trouble.</p> <p><a href="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/showdown-elsipogtog/20423" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/showdown-elsipogtog/20423#comments Miles Howe Action directe Environnement Autochtones Solidarité Elsipogtog fracking Mi'kmaq Mi'kmaq Warrior Society natural gas New Brunswick SWN Tue, 14 Jan 2014 15:17:00 +0000 Tim McSorley 20423 at http://dominion.mediacoop.ca