Miner protests lack of compensation for NB workplace disease

Roger LeBlanc, a retired miner who blames his illnesses on working in underground mines, came to Fredericton today, May 15, ...

Sisson mine: What is acceptable risk?

by Lawrence Wuest

May 15, 2015

While the possibility of a disastrous tailing dam failure at the proposed Sisson Mine presents a serious environmental and economic ...

Maine residents oppose relaxing of environmental rules for J.D. Irving’s mine

by Connor Albers

March 2, 2015

Augusta – J.D. Irving, Ltd is facing more public opposition to its attempts to change environmental regulations, this time in ...

Mine tailings breach in BC felt in NB

by Tracy Glynn

August 6, 2014

A scale comparison of the Mount Polley mine in BC (which failed on August 5, 2014) ...

Guatemalan government moves to expel witnesses to police violence at US-Canadian mine site

by Jen Moore

July 8, 2014

Last week, Guatemalan authorities informed two Peace Brigades International (PBI) volunteers that their temporary residence permits were cancelled and that ...

Est-ce que nous avons besoin de plus d’automobiles électriques?

Public memorial held in Toronto after assassination of teenage activist resisting Goldcorp/Tahoe Resources mine in Guatemala

by Rachel Small and Joanne Jefferson

May 3, 2014

Toronto - On May 1st, as Goldcorp announced the year’s profits at their annual shareholder meeting in Vancouver, more somber ...

International solidarity with victims of Hudbay Minerals-CGN as criminal trial against former head of security is delayed

by Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Solidarity Network and the Mine Injustice Solidarity Network

April 6, 2014

Angelica Choc, the widow of Adolfo Ich, issued a call for unity: “Let all of us ...

500 youth gather in Halifax to build a climate justice movement

by Tracy Glynn

March 31, 2014

K'jipuktuk/Halifax - About 500 youth interested in climate justice from across unceded Wabanaki territory of Atlantic Canada and beyond gathered ...

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 ...

Angelica Choc’s fight is our fight too: Mayan widow suing mining company in Canada stands with Wabanaki shale gas resisters

by Tracy Glynn

November 5, 2013

Fredericton - "I am a revolutionary," Angelica Choc, a Maya Q'eqchi' grandmother from Guatemala, declared to students, professors, anti-shale gas ...

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