PHOTOS: Solidarity in Prince Albert for Mi’kmaq demonstrators
There were signs waving and horns honking on the corner of 15th Street West and Second Avenue in Prince Albert.
By 5 p.m. Friday afternoon around 40 people gathered to show solidarity with the Mi'kmaq (First Nations people indigenous to Canada's Maritime provinces) demonstrators from the Elsipogtog First Nation.
“People are just coming together in Prince Albert to stand in solidarity with what’s happening in New Brunswick with the reserve and just to show that people actually still care what’s happening in this country in Prince Albert,” said organizer of the solidarity demonstration Shawn Generoux, as he held a sign that read ‘Stop Fracking’.
This act of solidarity is in reaction to a protest on Thursday in eastern New Brunswick where 40 people were arrested after making a demonstration against controversial shale exploration, known as fracking, by SWN Resources.