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Anglican deacon pleads guilty to contempt of court after participating in pipeline protest

Joelle Kidd — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 15:58:01 +0000

The Rev. Rob Crosby-Shearer has been arrested three times in his life during protests. But the most recent time was different. “I was involved in a fair bit of non-violent, direct action stuff over the years, but not so much in the last decade; since I became a parent,” says Crosby-Shearer, a deacon in the […]

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National Indigenous Anglican Bishop ‘grieved’ over pipeline purchase

Joelle Kidd — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 18:46:12 +0000

National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald says he is “grieved” that the Canadian government has “found it so easy to quickly raise the money” for the Trans Mountain pipeline, which he maintains is in “deep conflict” with both the principle of Indigenous peoples’ right to free, prior and informed consent and the “promise of effective […]

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Anglicans stand against Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion as project hits roadblocks

Joelle Kidd — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 19:50:30 +0000

Local Anglican clergy and lay people and the National Indigenous Anglican Bishop are among those who have joined protests and actions against the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project in British Columbia, which recently halted “non-essential” spending amid opposition from various quarters, including the provincial government. Texas-based oil and gas giant Kinder Morgan announced […]

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