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RCMP, protesters withdraw after shale gas clash in Rexton

This is happening in my backyard.
RCMP, protesters withdraw after shale gas clash in Rexton

Native protesters against shale gas fracking in Rexton, N.B., have mostly dispersed after a day of clashes with RCMP officers who moved to enforce an injunction against a blockade, prompting a violent reaction in which five RCMP vehicles were burned and 40 people arrested.

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