Van torched, lobsters destroyed as mob surrounds Mi’kmaw lobster pounds in Nova Scotia
Chief calls on prime minister to get involved after evening of vigilante violence
Chief calls on prime minister to get involved after evening of vigilante violence
For weeks Mi’kmaw fishers have been harassed on and off the waters off Nova Scotia.
Premier Stephen McNeil announces public safety policy redesign to take place throughout the next year
Dalhousie professor says no issues with conservation with Mi’kmaw fishery
Mi’kmaw fishers expected to start up lobster fishery again.
“Politicians can only move as far as their voters allow them, and if their voters don’t understand what’s happening then that’s a challenge,” says Jaime Battiste
Who is fishing? Sipekne’katik First Nation is the first band to start its own…
Lost traps cost fishers thousands of dollars.
A checkpoint is now in place to limit who can access the wharf, in an effort to minimize the threat of violence.