Alton Gas Protest

• N.S. RCMP arrest 3 ‘grassroots grandmothers’ as officers enforce injunction at Alton Gas site

  The injunction says that protesters Dale Poulette, his partner Rachael Greenland-Smith and others must stop occupying a two-storey mud-and-straw hut on the site. 

  Environment

  Apr 10, 2019
  
• N.S. minister says they’ve met the duty to consult with first nation on Alton Gas project

  Margaret Miller says the approval has been amended to require Alton Gas to meet all applicable provincial, federal and municipal laws, including any future amendments to them.

  Environment

  Apr 8, 2019
  
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• Nova Scotia court grants injunction against Mi’kmaq protester at Alton Gas site

  The company, Alton Natural Gas Storage, is behind a plan to store natural gas in huge underground caverns north of Halifax.

  Canada

  Mar 18, 2019
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• Mi’kmaq protesters move away from Alton Gas construction site entrance

  A protest organizer says Mi'kmaq participants have shifted away from the entrance of a construction site near proposed natural gas storage caverns in Nova Scotia.

  Environment

  Sep 29, 2016
• Mi’kmaq protesters continue sit-in at Alton Gas storage construction site

  Cheryl Maloney says that security workers and their food are being allowed in and out of the Alton Gas riverside construction site in Fort Ellis.

  Politics

  Sep 27, 2016
• Mi’kmaq protesters block entrance at proposed Alton gas storage site

  Cheryl Maloney, president of the Nova Scotia Native Women's Association, says they will remain at the site indefinitely and want to discuss the project with the premier.

  Politics

  Sep 26, 2016