Mi’kmaw MP says new DFO policy could employ hundreds of harvesters this year
‘That’s an opportunity that I don’t think enough people are talking about,’ according to Jaime Battiste. He says other options remain on the table
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‘We’re going to establish our own fishery’: Sipekne’katik First Nation rejects DFO moderate livelihood plan
The Sipekne’katik First Nation is rejecting an edict from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans…
Feds should be held accountable for violence against Mi’kmaw fishery: MP
‘They sat on their hands, and somebody could have been killed,’ says Gord Johns
Federal government agencies ‘complicit’ in violent attacks on Mi’kmaw harvesters: Chief
‘Maybe the joke is on us for expecting anything different,’ says Sipekne’katik Chief Mike Sack
DFO, RCMP knew violence was coming but did nothing to protect Mi’kmaw lobster harvesters: Documents
Records reveal feds were more concerned about policing Mi’kmaw fishery than protests aimed at it.
Sipekne’katik First Nation refuses to negotiate away treaties, calls off talks with Canada
‘A dirty move in my mind’ Chief Mike Sack says as negotiations fail.
DFO’s Jordan defends government’s actions during violence over Mi’kmaw fishery
Ottawa working to counter ‘200 years of injustice’ says Liberal MP
DFO’s ‘take it or leave it’ approach to fishing rights needs to change say Mi’kmaw leaders
21 years after Marshall, DFO still in ‘listening mode’ on fishing rights as advocates push for new approach
Attack on harvesting rights taking place across the country InFocus hears
Most people are aware of what’s happening in Nova Scotia as Mi’kmaw harvesters exercise their…