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Canada: Frackas in Elsipogtog
2013-10-21 01:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rabble: Since the violent confrontations between RCMP and protestors at Elsipogtog, New Brunswick on October 17, 2013, there has been an explosion of concern across Canada. Many solidarity rallies have been held across the country (including one in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that I attended on October 18, pictured in the photographs accompanying this article) and almost 23,000 people have already signed a petition calling on the RCMP to refrain from using violence against these peaceful protests by First Nations...
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Canada: Seize the moment, stand with Elsipogtog
2013-10-21 01:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Straight: He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past. - 1984 by George Orwell Canadas colonial past is present, however much Prime Minister Stephen Harper seeks to obfuscate the reality of the history of this land. This week has served as a prime example of how denial of past colonialism helps to perpetuate ongoing colonial relationships. The current flashpoint is the small town of Rexton, New Brunswick. There the Elsipogtog First Nation and their...
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Canada: New Brunswick fracking protesters seize media equipment
2013-10-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Tensions at a shale gas protest in Rexton, N.B., remained high on Saturday as a small group of protesters seized vehicles and equipment from two news agencies while others blocked a highway. Jim Haskins, news director for Global News in New Brunswick, said journalist Laura Brown was at the site of an ongoing shale gas protest around noon when about five protesters confronted another media outlet and seized a vehicle on Route 134. Haskins said Brown got into her vehicle and locked the door, but...
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13 train cars transporting oil and gas derail, explode in Canada
2013-10-19 19:49:39| Railroads - Topix.net
Thirteen cars of a tanker train carrying crude oil and liquefied petroleum gas derailed in Alberta, Canada causing an explosion and fire.
Canada: Dozens Flee Homes After Fuel Train Cars Derail, Explode West of Edmonton
2013-10-19 18:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: A CN Rail train carrying liquefied petroleum gas and crude oil has derailed and exploded about 80 kilometres west of Edmonton, prompting an evacuation in the tiny community of Gainford. Parkland County Emergency Services says it received a call about the accident involving a westbound train around 1 a.m. MT Saturday. Firefighters block the highway near Gainford, Alta. as emergency crews battle a fire at the scene where 13 rail cars came off the tracks in an early-morning derailment. (Dan Riedlhuber/Reuters)...
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