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[ April 23, 2021 ] Sipekne’katik to resume lobster fishing under moderate livelihood June 1 News
[ February 5, 2021 ] Sipekne’katik sues Nova Scotia, says fish buying regulations infringe on treaty rights News
[ October 28, 2020 ] Membertou latest First Nation to leave Assembly of NS Mi’kmaw Chiefs, KMKNO News
[ October 27, 2020 ] Lawyer for Mi’kmaw fishermen says charges against them should be dismissed News
[ October 25, 2020 ] Eskasoni fisherman plans to fight fishery charges against him News
[ October 22, 2020 ] Mi’kmaw lobster harvester is pleased with court injunction against hostile protesters News
[ October 14, 2020 ] Angry mob trap Mi’kmaw fishermen at a lobster pound in southwestern Nova Scotia News
[ October 5, 2020 ] Nova Scotia chiefs rejected $87-million offer from DFO, want moderate livelihood defined News
[ September 28, 2020 ] Next step for Sipekne’katik lobster harvesters in moderate livelihood fishery is selling catch News
[ September 21, 2020 ] Sipekne’katik Chief says Mi’kmaw lobster traps vandalized in St. Mary’s Bay over the weekend News

May 10, 2021

NS Mi’kmaw fishermen say DFO seized lobster traps tagged under moderate livelihood

August 20, 2019 Maureen Googoo

Editor’s note: Updated at 10:52 p.m. Includes response from DFO. Two Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw fishermen say the Department of Fisheries and Oceans are violating their treaty right to fish for a moderate livelihood by seizing […]

Defining a ‘Moderate Livelihood’: Part 1

May 13, 2019 Olivia Blackmore

Editor’s Note: This news story is the first in a two-part series examining the issue of defining ‘moderate livelihood’ as the 20th anniversary of the 1999 Supreme Court of Canada ruling in the Donald Marshall, […]

45 Indigenous youth sailing across Atlantic Ocean to France

August 2, 2017 Maureen Googoo

A group of Indigenous youth from across Canada are currently sailing across the Atlantic Ocean heading towards Europe. The group of 45 young people departed from Purdy’s Wharf in Halifax Tuesday morning to begin a […]

Sipuke’l Gallery to showcase Mi’kmaq art and artifacts

June 22, 2015 Maureen Googoo

A new art gallery that will showcase both Mi’kmaq artifacts and contemporary Mi’kmaq art has officially opened in Liverpool, N.S. The Sipuke’l Gallery, owned and operated by the Acadia First Nation, held its grand opening […]

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