Shubenacadie River – Ku'ku'kwes News

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. […]

March organized in Halifax to support Standing Rock’s opposition to Dakota pipeline

November 6, 2016 Maureen Googoo

More than 200 people gathered and marched in Halifax on November 5 to show their support for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s ongoing fight against a company’s plans to construct an oil pipeline in North […]

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 […]

Sipekne’katik Chief says Alton Gas will take legal action if eel traps remain on project site

September 18, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The Chief of the Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia says company executives with the Alton Gas Natural Storage Project have threatened legal action against the band and the protesters if the eel traps placed in […]

Group calls tiny island at Alton site traditional Mi’kmaw territory, builds teepee

September 12, 2016 Maureen Googoo

A group that opposes the Alton Natural Gas Storage project along the Shubenacadie River near Stewiake, N.S. has set up a teepee frame on a tiny, man-made island in the river to mark it as […]

Decision in Sipekne’katik’s stay request in Alton Gas operations delayed

June 28, 2016 Maureen Googoo

A Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice has ruled that he should be the judge to decide whether or not to grant the Sipekne’katik Band’s request to delay Alton Natural Gas Storage Project’s operations later this […]

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 […]

Alton Gas partially removes fence around construction site in Fort Ellis, N.S.

April 28, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The Chief of the Sipekne’katik Band says he is satisfied Alton Gas has removed a portion of its fence around the construction site in Fort Ellis, N.S. so band members can fish along the banks […]

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, […]

Sipekne’katik files appeal against Alton Gas project

February 18, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The Sipekne’katik Band is appealing a decision by the Nova Scotia Department of Energy to grant approvals to Alton Gas to build salt caverns to store natural gas along the Shubenacadie River. James Michael, the […]

Sipekne’katik to decide next steps in Alton Gas Storage opposition

February 3, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The Sipekne’katik chief and council will decide its next move in opposing the Alton Gas storage project during a band council meeting on Thursday. The scheduled band meeting follows a community meeting chief and council […]

Sipekne’katik ready to protest over approvals for Alton Gas Storage to construct salt caverns

January 21, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The Nova Scotia government’s decision to grant approvals to a company that wants to store natural gas in salt caverns along the Shubenacadie River has prompted the province’s second largest Mi’kmaw community to threaten protests […]