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Sipekne’katik councillor says band members not interested in Alton Gas benefits deal

May 25, 2017 Maureen Googoo

A majority of Sipekne’katik Band members who attended a community meeting have told their elected officials they’re not interested in negotiating a benefits package with Alton Gas, says one band councillor who attended the meeting. […]

Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 9

May 15, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 9 Recorded on April 9, 2017 Host: Maureen Googoo Other ways to listen to Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: iTunes Google Play Tunein Radio RSS Podcast includes: 1. Reporter Samantha Calio’s […]

Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 8

May 15, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 8 Recorded on February 20, 2017 Host: Maureen Googoo Other ways to listen to Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: iTunes Google Play Tunein Radio RSS Podcast includes: 1. Interview with Alex […]

Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 1

May 12, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 1 Recorded on October 1, 2016 Host: Maureen Googoo Other ways to listen to Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: iTunes Google Play Tunein Radio RSS Podcast includes: 1. Wilbert Marshall, Chief of […]

Sipekne’katik wins legal victory in appeal of Alton gas project

January 30, 2017 Maureen Googoo

A Nova Scotia First Nation has won a legal victory against the provincial government and a company that wants to dump salt brine water into the Shubenacadie River. Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Suzanne Hood has quashed the […]

Alton Natural Gas Project opponents stage sit-in at company entrance

September 26, 2016 Maureen Googoo

A group that opposes the Alton Natural Gas Project moved its occupation from the Shubenacadie riverbank to the gated driveway of the project site in Fort Ellis, N.S. to stage a sit-in Monday morning. The […]

Judge dismisses Sipekne’katik’s request for a stay in Alton Gas project

July 13, 2016 Maureen Googoo

A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has dismissed the Sipekne’katik Band’s request to delay the Alton Natural Gas Storage project until a decision is made in its court appeal of the same project. In a […]

Sipekne’katik asks court to delay Alton Gas project until decision on appeal is made

June 23, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia is asking a Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice to grant a stay of the provincial government’s decision to approve the Alton Natural Gas Storage Project. The band wants the […]

Court dates set in appeal of Alton Natural Gas Project

May 31, 2016 Maureen Googoo

Court dates have been set in the appeal of the Alton Natural Gas storage project approvals in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax. Lawyers for the Sipekne’katik Band will argue for a stay of the […]

Alton Gas to re-fence worksite along Shubenacadie River

April 29, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The fence at the Alton Natural Gas Storage project site along the banks of the Shubenacadie River in Fort Ellis, N.S. is going back up. In a letter to Sipekne’katik Chief Rufus Copage dated April […]

Sipekne’katik Band to appeal Alton Gas approval in NS Supreme Court

April 25, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia plans to take its appeal of the Alton Gas storage project to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. “Yes, we’re filing an appeal,” Sipekne’katik Band Chief Rufus Copage said Monday. […]

Alton Gas retains former AFN Chief’s consulting company for community engagement

March 21, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The company that wants to store natural gas in salt caverns along the Shubenacadie River in Nova Scotia has retained a consulting company owned by a former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, […]