“I was taught not to touch the water:” Vanessa Gray [audio]

Canada

“I was taught not to touch the water:” Vanessa Gray [audio]

by Miles Howe for the Halifax Media Co-op

April 2, 2014

Vanessa Gray. Photo from the Halifax Media Co-op. Listen here K'jipuktuk/Halifax - Vanessa Gray, from the community...

Environment

NS Energy Minister shut down by Mi’kmaq women demanding treaties be upheld

by Amanda Lickers

March 31, 2014

From PowerShift Canada: This morning several Mi’kmaq women, Eliza Knockwood and her daughter, shut down a Maritimes Energy Association briefing held...

*Opinion*

NB hands keys to environmental impact review to oil and gas developers

by Inka Milewski

March 30, 2014

An explosion from drilling in Penobsquis, NB, is pictured on the Corridor Resources' 2005 annual report to...

Environment

Tale of indigenous-led resistance in Guatemala provides lessons for anti-fracking struggle at home

by Stephen Law

March 25, 2014

Resistance to industrial encroachment in Guatemala. Author Stephen Law sees similarities in the anti-fracking resistance in the...

Acadie

Private blueberry patch on public land irks northern New Brunswickers

by Randy LeBouthillier

March 22, 2014

Tracadie - InvestNB and Oxford Frozen Foods, a multinational corporation based in Nova Scotia, have forged a deal that is not...

*Opinion*

The forest is not yours to give away, Premier Alward

by Tracy Glynn

February 19, 2014

Premier David Alward confirmed the fears of many in January when he spoke of a forest strategy that will guarantee more...

*Opinion*

Letter from an Elsipogtog mother

by Annie M. Clair

February 14, 2014

Annie Clair and her son Germain Junior Breau. Breau was arrested during the RCMP raid on the...

*Opinion*

Energy East pipeline proposal worthy of some noise

by Matthew Abbott and Stephanie Merrill

February 10, 2014

The west-to-east pipeline idea is inching closer to reality as TransCanada intends to submit an application to the National Energy Board...

Environment

Clearing a path for fracking: strategic use of arrests and charges?

by Asaf Rashid

January 29, 2014

Fredericton - SWN Resources Canada's exploration equipment currently sits silent in New Brunswick, but shale gas development creeps forward through the...