oil and gas

Striped Bass Association Demands Answers from DFO over Alton Gas Permit

Moira Peters — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:18:56 +0000

Fishermen weren't consulted, don't believe the science and want the Shubie protected

"For the last 20 years we've been hearing about what a special place we live in. And now we're going to dump in the middle of it."

"We don't want another Annapolis Royal. They used to have huge fish. In 20 or 30 years, are we going to look back and say, oh god, we shouldn't have done that?"

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Halifax Contingent Heads to Unama'ki to Join Anti-Drilling Partial Blockade

Miles Howe — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 21:25:53 +0000

Fear of fracking spurs on growing movement to protect Lake Ainslie

K'JIPUKTUK (Halifax) - A small but musical group headed out of Halifax this afternoon to join the ongoing partial blockade of the Canso Causeway, access point to Cape Breton.

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"No Fracking, No Drilling at Lake Ainslie: Cape Breton September 2012"

bsichel — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 21:18:17 +0000

Since Thursday, September 13th, members of the Mi'kmaq Community have been slowing down traffic on the Canso Causeway (between Cape Breton and Mainland Nova Scotia) to bring attention to plans for exploratory oil drilling at Lake Ainslie, Cape Breton.

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Mi'kmaq to Obstruct Traffic to Fight Oil and Gas Exploration at Lake Ainslie

bsichel — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:53:08 +0000

First Nations call for a complete halt to drilling in Cape Breton

AULD'S COVE, Nova Scotia -- Mi’kmaq people from Cape Breton and the Nova Scotia mainland are preparing to set up a “partial blockade” of the Trans-Canada Highway in Auld’s Cove, on the mainland side of the Canso Causeway, the access point to Cape Breton.

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