The Palisades Tahoe Resort reopened the KT-22 express chairlift Friday morning,two days after an avalanche left one man dead and three others caught in the snow needing rescue.
New Caledonia’s fight over nickel New Caledonia’s fight over nickel Dec 17, 2020
The young people gathered early in Noumea, preparing for action. Soon the main road along the waterfront in New Caledonia’s capital was blocked with barricades, burning tires and large stones. Riot police moved in, and the next few hours involved running battles between Kanak activists and police, who fired rounds of tear gas and flash balls to disperse crowds of demonstrators.
The clash on 7 December follow a month of meetings, rallies and demonstrations across the French Pacific dependency of New Caledonia. The protests were called by the ‘Usine du Sud = Usine pays’ collective, which unites customary chiefs, environment groups, trade unionists and members of the independence coalition Front de Libération Nationale Kanak et Socialiste (FLNKS).