The Mi’KMaq have been blockading the fracking company site since September 28th.
Mounties were trying to enforce an Oct. 3 court injunction against the standoff near Rexton, where SWN Resources Canada is testing for shale gas… Elsipogtog Mi’kmaq First Nation members have been blocking workers‘ access to their trucks… The protesters are concerned the process to extract natural gas could damage the environment and contaminate their drinking water.