Fracking forum links N.B. and B.C. community groups online

B.C. community groups seeking information on dealing with fracking development in their province met with New Brunswickers via an online forum Saturday.

Community leaders, church groups and First Nations people in Vancouver linked up by video with like-minded people in Moncton to learn how to slow fracking developments in northern B.C. and to perhaps convince their government to place a moratorium on the process. 

It's been almost a year since New Brunswick declared a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing.

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Now other groups across Canada opposed to fracking developments are looking to New Brunswick to learn how to convince their governments to do the same.

Ian Thompson, the partnership co-ordinator with KIAROS group — a faith-based organization concerned about fracking's impact on small communities — helped put together this weekend's coast-to-coast forum.

[Link to Kairos videos of the forum editors]