Alton Gas

• Former Crown lawyer suing Nova Scotia premier Stephen McNeil for defamation

  Alex Cameron says he was "publicly abused and humiliated" by comments made by Premier Stephen McNeil and Diana Whalen.

  Canada

  Apr 23, 2020
  
• Ellen Page’s documentary on N.S. environmental racism now streaming on Netflix

  The feature-length documentary There's Something in the Water began streaming on Netflix on Friday.

  Entertainment

  Mar 28, 2020
  
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• Judge overturns approval for Alton Gas project, orders new consultations

  “The Minister therefore committed palpable and overriding error when she concluded that the level of consultation was appropriate.”

  Health

  Mar 24, 2020
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• Nova Scotia’s lawyers claim First Nation ‘frustrated’ its own consultation process

  "They're entitled to oppose, what they cannot do is strategically frustrate the consultation process as part of that opposition."

  Politics

  Feb 19, 2020
• Mi’kmaq community in N.S. appeals approval of Alton Gas facilities

  Lawyer Raymond Larkin told Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Frank Edwards there weren't sufficient consultations with the community before the project was granted approval.

  Canada

  Feb 18, 2020
• Nova Scotia First Nation loses bid to add new evidence in Alton Gas case

  The band says the affidavit shows the Sipekne'katik First Nation did not have the resources "to engage in meaningful consultation with the province."

  Environment

  Jan 24, 2020
• Contempt case of Indigenous women arrested at Alton Gas site delayed until April 

  The women's lawyer, Michael McDonald, is arguing before Nova Scotia Supreme Court that the women had the right to be on Alton Natural Gas property along the Shubenacadie River.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2019
• Mi’kmaq grandmothers want unceded land recognition from Nova Scotia Supreme Court

  On Monday, the three Mi'kmaq grandmothers pushed for recognition in Nova Scotia's Supreme Court that the province rests on unceded Mi'kmaw territory

  Environment

  Oct 28, 2019
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• Mi’kmaq grandmothers call small courtroom size an example of ‘systemic racism’

  The grandmothers occupied the Alton Gas site in April as part of an ongoing Indigenous and environmental campaign to protect the land and water from developments that could harm the ecosystem.

  Politics

  Jun 10, 2019
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• Contempt case for Indigenous women arrested at Alton Gas site delayed

  The women's lawyer, Michael McDonald, says he plans to argue before the Nova Scotia Supreme Court that his clients had the right to be on Alton Natural Gas property along the Shubenacadie River.

  Environment

  Jun 10, 2019