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Fisheries Court Cases Roundup: February 5-9, 2024

February 9, 2024 Maureen Googoo

February 7: Bridgewater Provincial Court Ashton Bernard, 34, from Eskasoni First Nation Arden Bernard, 25, from Eskasoni First Nation Rayen Francis, 25, from Pictou Landing First Nation Zachery Nicholas, 37, from Pictou Landing First Nation […]

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Jan. 8: Cory Francis A new fishery charge against Cory Francis, 54, was withdrawn during a court hearing in Digby Provincial Court on Jan. 8.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 […]

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 […]

Lawyer for Mi’kmaw fishermen says charges against them should be dismissed

October 27, 2020 Maureen Googoo

The lawyer representing four Mi’kmaw lobster fishermen in Nova Scotia says all fishery charges against them should be dismissed. “We have four Mi’kmaw fishermen that were fishing under their right to (fish for) a moderate […]

Eskasoni fisherman plans to fight fishery charges against him

October 25, 2020 Maureen Googoo

A Mi’kmaw lobster fisherman from Eskasoni First Nation in Nova Scotia says he plans to fight several fishery charges against him. Ashton Bernard, 30, says he was exercising his treaty right to fish for a […]

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