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[ September 25, 2023 ] List of 54 Mi’kmaw fishers charged with fishery offences News
[ September 25, 2023 ] More than 50 Mi’kmaw fishers charged with fishery offences in Nova Scotia courts News
[ July 28, 2023 ] Sipekne’katik First Nation sues federal government for seizing lobster traps News
[ May 1, 2023 ] Six Indigenous acts nominated for 2023 ECMA awards Atlantic
[ April 25, 2023 ] Mi’kmaw elder leads Earth Day events in Kjipuktuk News
[ April 8, 2023 ] NS Mi’kmaw leaders link lack of DFO control over elver eel fishery to shooting of Eskasoni man News
[ March 11, 2023 ] Indigenous play part of Neptune Theatre’s upcoming season News
[ March 6, 2023 ] Elver eel fishery trials set for Mi’kmaw fishermen in Dartmouth Court News
[ February 3, 2023 ] Finding the way Forward exhibit unveiled at the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre News
[ January 10, 2023 ] Nova Scotia judge dismisses charges against three Mi’kmaw fishermen News

September 28, 2023

Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw fishermen sue DFO for racial profiling, infringing on treaty rights

March 26, 2019 Maureen Googoo

Four Mi’kmaw fishermen from Nova Scotia are suing the Department of Fisheries and Oceans for charging them with fisheries violations and seizing their catch in 2015. Mark Howe, 59, Jeremy Syliboy, 36, Alex McDonald, 57, […]