Mi’kmaq lobster boats surrounded by Acadian commercial fishing vessels as traps are stolen, cut
Lost traps cost fishers thousands of dollars.
Trina Roache
Trina Roache brings 18 years of journalistic experience to APTN Investigates. A member of the Glooscap First Nation in unceded Mi’kmaw territory, Trina has covered Indigenous issues from politics to land protection, treaty rights and more. In 2014, Trina won the Journalists for Human Rights/CAJ award for her series on Jordan’s Principle. She was nominated again in 2017 for a series on healthcare issues in the remote Labrador community of Black Tickle. Trina’s favorite placed is behind the camera, and is honoured when the people living the story, trust her to tell it.
Fishery standoff continues: Mi’kmaw-owned boats, gear vandalized
A checkpoint is now in place to limit who can access the wharf, in an effort to minimize the threat of violence.
Fisheries conflict: Mi’kmaw Chiefs declare state of emergency
The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs have declared a State of Emergency as tensions…
Mi’kmaq caught up in forced relocation say ‘apology is essential’
Gibbet Stevens’ red parka stands out against the snow and overcast sky as she says…
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‘Racism is alive and well’: Mi’kmaq fishermen vow to be back on the water after boat sunk
The crew of the April and Brothers, a Mi’kmaw fishing boat that sunk in a…
Cultural resilience, colonialism and challenges for Indigenous journalism
Editor’s note: Trina Roache was one of three Indigenous journalists working in Canada – and…
The irony in Canada’s new deals to reconcile fishing rights 20 years after the lobster wars
Mi’kmaw leaders are raising concerns about the impact of Canada’s new fishing deal on treaty…
20 years ago the Supreme Court ruled on Mi’kmaq fishing rights, so what has changed?
Early on a warm morning in mid-August, Marilyn-Leigh Francis eyes the Coast Guard boat at…