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Fisheries Court Cases Roundup: January 29 – February 2, 2024

February 2, 2024 Maureen Googoo

January 29: Port Hawkesbury Provincial Court Ashton Bernard, 33, from Eskasoni First Nation Lawyer Alex McKillop joined court via phone on behalf of his client, Ashton Bernard, before Judge Laurel Halfpenny-MacQuarrie for a status update. […]

Fisheries Court Cases Roundup: January 22-26, 2024

January 26, 2024 Maureen Googoo

January 22: Digby Provincial Court Eight Mi’kmaw fishermen from Sipekne’katik and Eskasoni First Nations were scheduled to appear in Digby Provincial Court on January 22. Levi Toney, 29, from Sipekne’katik First Nation Levi Toney is […]

Fishery court cases roundup: Jan. 15-19, 2024

January 19, 2024 Maureen Googoo

Jan. 15: Jordan Chasse, George Denny, Nathan Toney and Jonathan Johnson The fishery trial for Jordan Chasse, George Denny, Nathan Toney and Jonathan Johnson in Digby Provincial Court was adjourned on Jan. 15 due to […]

Fishery court cases roundup: Jan. 8-12, 2024

January 12, 2024 Maureen Googoo

Jan. 8: Cory Francis A new fishery charge against Cory Francis, 54, was withdrawn during a court hearing in Digby Provincial Court on Jan. 8. Francis, a member of the Wasoqopa’q (Acadia) First Nation, was […]

Fishery court cases roundup: Jan. 2-5, 2024

January 5, 2024 Maureen Googoo

There were three fishery-related court cases in Nova Scotia provincial courts this week. All of them involve Mi’kmaw fishermen challenging fishery-related charges against them on constitutional grounds. The hearings this week mostly dealt with pre-trial […]

Former Sipekne’katik Chief charged with assault in two separate cases

January 3, 2024 Maureen Googoo

The former chief of the Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia is facing assault charges in two separate cases. Michael Patrick Sack, 42, is charged with aggravated assault for allegedly wounding another man at or […]

“We can’t use our treaty rights to fish.” Mi’kmaw fishermen upset with fines following sentencing circle for fishery offences

December 18, 2023 Maureen Googoo

Two Mi’kmaw fishermen from the Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia are upset with the amount of fines they received following a sentencing circle for lobster fishing out of season. A provincial court judge […]

List of 54 Mi’kmaw fishers charged with fishery offences

September 25, 2023 Maureen Googoo

Editor’s note: Several of these court cases have been updated since this list was initially published on Sept. 25, 2023. Ku’ku’kwes News has been tracking the court cases of 54 Mi’kmaw fish harvesters from Nova […]

More than 50 Mi’kmaw fishers charged with fishery offences in Nova Scotia courts

September 25, 2023 Maureen Googoo

More than 50 Mi’kmaw fish harvesters from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are currently before the courts in Nova Scotia on fishery-related offences. The charges range from fishing for lobster or elver eels without authorization, […]

Sipekne’katik First Nation sues federal government for seizing lobster traps

July 28, 2023 Maureen Googoo

The Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia is suing the federal government over treaty right infringement after officers with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans seized lobster traps belonging to its band members. Sipekne’katik alleges […]

Six Indigenous acts nominated for 2023 ECMA awards

May 1, 2023 Crystal Greene

Six Indigenous acts are nominated for East Coast Music Awards and a Peskotomuhkati elder is being honoured at the upcoming ECMA awards show in Halifax on May 5. The artists are excited to attend the […]

Mi’kmaw elder leads Earth Day events in Kjipuktuk

April 25, 2023 Crystal Greene

Mi’kmaw elder Dorene Bernard wants to raise awareness about climate change and its damaging effects to the environment. “There’s more people awakened to the urgency about climate change, of the impact to the land and […]

NS Mi’kmaw leaders link lack of DFO control over elver eel fishery to shooting of Eskasoni man

April 8, 2023 Maureen Googoo

Mi’kmaw leaders in Nova Scotia are accusing the Department of Fisheries and Oceans of not doing enough to control the elver eel fishery following an alleged shooting of an Eskasoni man in Meteghan, N.S. “We […]

Indigenous play part of Neptune Theatre’s upcoming season

March 11, 2023 Haeley DiRisio

An Indigenous adaptation of a Shakespeare play will be part of Neptune Theatre’s upcoming 2023-24 season. Pawâkan Macbeth written by Reneltta Arluk, is scheduled to be performed at Neptune Theatre in Halifax, N.S. Oct. 3-8. […]

Elver eel fishery trials set for Mi’kmaw fishermen in Dartmouth Court

March 6, 2023 Haeley DiRisio

Editor’s note: This story was updated to include details of court proceedings that took place on Mar. 6. Several trials involving the treaty right to catch and sell fish are slated to get underway in […]