Alton Gas Archives - Nova Scotia Advocate

Spring Tide Farm’s Jessie and Rebecca MacInnis – “Indigenous solidarity is part of the business we want to grow”

January 23, 2021 1 Comment

“I still have relationship building and learning to do around how to be a better ally, but being open to discomfort is a good start. As long as I’m living and growing on stolen land, I need to be actively working to address that fact.”
Reporter Paul Wartman speaks with Jessie and Rebecca MacInnis of the Spring Tide Farm about the complex connections between settler farmers, land, and Indigenous sovereignty.

After three weeks of camping out, lone protester told to leave Grand Parade

January 6, 2021 1 Comment

Jacob Fillmore, the young man camping out on the Grand Parade in support of the threatened mainland moose in Western Nova Scotia has been told by city staff to leave within a day or so. We talked with JAcob about his plans. “I don’t think this is the end of the protest,” Jacob tells us.

Press release: 25-year-old stages lone protest in bitter cold

December 17, 2020

Media release: “I believe Nova Scotia could be a climate leader, but the province has a long way to go.My demands list some of the issues which have garnered much public attention and support. The government could remedy these issues if they chose to listen to the voice of the people. I am staging this protest because of all these reasons and my disillusionment towards those that call themselves “leaders.”

PSA: Halifax still stands with water protectors!

November 23, 2020

It’s auction time again! Due to Covid, this year’s auction will be online. We’re going to follow the lead of the 1492 Land Back Auction and use facebook as a platform.

Consider an approach that doesn’t require the dumping of brine into the Shubenacadie River, feds told Alton Gas in 2017

September 14, 2020

Alton Gas likes to brag about the soundness of its plans and its willingness to share information with stakeholders. However, if it weren’t for Rachael Greenland-Smith and Dale Poulette, two stubborn citizen-researchers, we would never have seen evidence that the federal department of Environment and Climate Change (ECC) point blank refused to approve the project as it is currently proposed.

Media release: Alton Gas ignores Supreme Court ruling, continues work without Indigenous consultation

June 3, 2020 2 Comments

Media release: The Council of Canadians has learned Alton Gas appears to be working on site this week, despite a Supreme Court ruling in Nova Scotia overturning their industrial permit while they consult with Sipekne’katik First Nation.

Water Protectors ask allies to tell the province to face reality and suspend Alton Gas industrial approval

May 6, 2020 4 Comments

Tireless water protectors Rachael Greenland-Smith and Dale Poulette are calling on the Nova Scotia Department of Environment to suspend the Alton Gas Industrial Approval, effectively halting the proposed dumping of large quantities of brine in the river. They hope allies will join them in that call.

Students in Halifax walk out in support of Wet’suwet’en land defenders

March 4, 2020 1 Comment

Some 800 students walked out of their Halifax universities and schools this afternoon in support of the We’tsuwet’en Nation’s struggle to defend its sovereignty.

Red Dresses in K’jipuktuk: “A lot of the women didn’t have to die”

March 2, 2020 1 Comment

The cold weather didn’t stop Indigenous people and their allies from coming to the Public Gardens in downtown Halifax to attend the Red Dresses in K’jipuktuk event on Saturday afternoon. Two plainclothes cops also showed up. Elizabeth Goodridge tells the story.

Robin Tress: Alton Gas would violate Fisheries Act, feds custom-tailoring regulations to benefit corporate interests

February 15, 2020

Robin Tress on what Freedom of Information requests have revealed about the hidden backroom manoeuvres of the federal government to pave the way for the Alton Gas project.