rcmp

Exclusive: Denying legitimacy, one meeting request at a time

Miles Howe — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:58:45 +0000

Archived documents show mid-September 2013 meeting request from Mi'kmaq Warrior Society to Premier, over shale gas, denied

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -- Through an investigation into the New Brunswick provincial archives, the Halifax Media Co-op has obtained a range of documents that shed light upon heretofore unexplored events concerning the government's response to anti-shale gas activities in 2013.

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Exclusive: New Brunswick RCMP, Pennsylvania police, FBI, share 'best practices' on policing shale gas

Miles Howe — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:10:25 +0000

Travel itinerary, budget approval, obtained for June 2014 meetings

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -- Through an Access to Information request, the Halifax Media Co-op has obtained a partial travel itinerary and approved budgetary expense request for six high ranking officers from New Brunswick RCMP's J Division to visit their “counterparts” in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to “learn from their experience with shale gas development.”

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Exclusive: Military missed opportunity for peaceful end to 2013 New Brunswick fracking protests

Miles Howe — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:21:33 +0000

Internal documents show repeated Warrior Society requests for negotiating assistance denied

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -- An Access to Information request has revealed that during the course of anti-shale gas protests in New Brunswick in 2013, 5th Canadian Division Support Base (CDSB) Gagetown, Eastern Canada's largest military facility, was contacted on two separate occasions by high ranking members of the Mi’kmaq Warrior Society.

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Elsipogtog land defender Annie Clair fights legal charges

Robert DeVet — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 13:24:25 +0000

Sunday's silent auction to help with lawyer fees

KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) - On April 20th, Elsipogtog First Nation band member Annie Clair will be heading to Moncton to face six charges related to the violent actions of New Brunswick RCMP against defenders of the land in Kent County, New Brunswick.

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Jan 24 Mi'kmaq Warriors - Suzanne Patles @ SFU H/C Strategy Session

dgSolidarity — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 03:19:04 +0000

Suzanne Patles, one of many warriors attacked in a dawn raid by RCMP (physically assaulted with assault rifles) along with many youth, elders and community members for peacefully trying to protect their water by blockading fracking equipment, shares her experiences at a strategy session as part of the Mi’kmaq Warriors west coast speaking tour.

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Jan 24 Mi'kmaq Warriors - Coady Jipol @ SFU H/C Strategy Session

dgSolidarity — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:55:47 +0000

Coady shares his personal story, which turns the scholarly term ‘transgenerational historic trauma’ into an easily understood truth, and explains why he had no choice but to become a warrior to attempt to end the colonial-serving cycle of violence he has been born into.

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The Queer Threat

JustinL — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:47:56 +0000

Gary Kinsman and the Canadian War on Queers

Originally aired on 88.1 CKDU

Crowded into Venus Envy on Barrington Street, two dozen people listened to Gary Kinsman talk about his new book The Canadian War on Queers; National Security as Sexual Regulation.

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