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[ September 21, 2020 ] Sipekne’katik Chief says Mi’kmaw lobster traps vandalized in St. Mary’s Bay over the weekend News
[ September 18, 2020 ] Nova Scotia First Nation launches its own moderate livelihood fishery News
[ September 15, 2020 ] Mi’kmaw harvesters confront protesters at wharf in southwestern Nova Scotia News
[ September 15, 2020 ] Sipekne’katik Chief calls on NS Premier, DFO, RCMP to protect Mi’kmaw harvesters’ treaty rights News
[ September 7, 2020 ] Paqtnkek Chief Paul Prosper elected AFN Vice-Chief for NS/NL News
[ September 4, 2020 ] Mi’kmaw lobster harvesters feeling harassed for practising moderate livelihood fishery News
[ September 1, 2020 ] Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw lobster harvester to file an injunction against DFO for seizing traps News
[ August 22, 2020 ] Missing teen found safe after search in wooded area in Cape Breton Maritimes
[ November 18, 2019 ] Former NSNWA President files human rights complaint against NS Aboriginal Affairs Minister News
[ November 8, 2019 ] Remembering William Basque, the Mi’kmaw veteran behind the poem, Sma’knis News

September 23, 2020

Mi’kmaw lawyer wants Alton to stop work until court injunction is decided

October 29, 2019 Maureen Googoo

The lawyer (from this site) representing three Mi’kmaw women challenging a proposed permanent court injunction filed by the Alton Natural Gas Storage Project wants all current work at the site to stop while the issue […]

DFO in talks with Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw fishermen to settle lawsuit says lawyer

May 9, 2019 Maureen Googoo

Four Mi’kmaw fishermen from Nova Scotia are in negotiations with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to settle a lawsuit they launched against the department in February. The lawyer for Mark Howe, Jeremy Syliboy, Alex […]

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, […]

ANSMC lawyer says stay of fishery charges shouldn’t affect negotiations with DFO

November 9, 2018 Maureen Googoo

A legal advisor for the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs says the outcome of a recent court case involving Mi’kmaw fishermen charged with illegally lobster fishing shouldn’t affect negotiations between the assembly and the […]

“Do not accept any food fishery tags,” Sipekne’katik fisherman advises following court case

October 18, 2018 Maureen Googoo

A Nova Scotia band councillor who is also a Mi’kmaw fisherman is advising his fellow lobster fishers not to use food fishery tags issued by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans if they want to […]

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