Mi’kmaw harvesting lobster in Nova Scotia under heavy police, DFO presence
‘They aren’t here to protect us, they’re here to monitor us,’ says Shy Francis.
Sipekne’katik First Nation
Mounties charge man with arson over torching of N.S. lobster pound used by Mi’kmaw harvesters
Brendon Douglas James Porter arrested without incident on July 14 say police
Police say church fires in Nova Scotia, Alberta are suspicious
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Investigation of school graves begins at former Shubenacadie school in Nova Scotia
An investigative team started the search for the graves of students who once attended the…
Sipekne’katik First Nation scaling back fishery until community has ‘protection’ for members
Harvesters will be permitted by band to sell catch to help pay expenses.
Sipekne’katik First Nation lobster harvesters sue feds, non-Indigenous fishers
Lawsuit alleges RCMP, DFO failed to protect Mi’kmaw harvesters, while fishermen’s association encouraged the violence.
How the feds’ moderate livelihood fishing policy fell apart
Documents show DFO is surveilling Mi’kmaw communities to keep tabs on treaty fishing but has few policy options to respond
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