RCMP – Ku'ku'kwes News

New Brunswick elections: First Nations ask parties to act on racial safety policies

October 20, 2024 Rodrigo Huerta Aguirre

First Nations in New Brunswick are calling out parties in the general election to address racial discrimination within the justice system once elected. Mi’kmaq, Wolastoqey, and Peskotomukati chiefs have emphasized the need for a full […]

Charges withdrawn against fishermen in elver eel dispute

May 3, 2024 Megan James

Charges against two fish harvesters who were involved in a violent altercation over the elver eel fishery in April 2023 were withdrawn in Halifax Provincial Court on April 18. Crown attorney Ben Hoskins informed Judge […]

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 […]

RCMP say a church fire at a Nova Scotia First Nation is suspicious

July 1, 2021 Maureen Googoo

The RCMP is investigating a fire that happened at a Catholic church in Indian Brook First Nation, N.S. According to the RCMP, police and the local fire department responded to a fire at St. Kateri […]

Sipekne’katik fisherman says delay in fishery launch the smart decision for now

June 5, 2021 Maureen Googoo

Robert Syliboy said he was reluctant to drop his lobster traps in St. Mary’s Bay this week. “If I put my gear in the water today, it would likely be gone by tomorrow,” the Mi’kmaw […]

United Nations committee seeks answers from Canada over racism, violence against Mi’kmaw fishers

May 11, 2021 Maureen Googoo

A United Nations committee is seeking answers from Canada regarding the racism and violence Mi’kmaw lobster fishers experienced while they exercised their treaty right to fish for a moderate livelihood in Nova Scotia last fall. […]

Angry mob trap Mi’kmaw fishermen at a lobster pound in southwestern Nova Scotia

October 14, 2020 Maureen Googoo

An angry mob of non-Indigenous lobster fishermen trapped two Mi’kmaw fishermen inside a lobster pound in southwestern Nova Scotia late Tuesday evening. According to Jason Marr, a Mi’kmaw lobster fisherman with the Sipekne’katik First Nation, […]

Sipekne’katik Chief calls on NS Premier, DFO, RCMP to protect Mi’kmaw harvesters’ treaty rights

September 15, 2020 Maureen Googoo

The chief of the Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia is calling for the Nova Scotia premier, the minister of Fisheries and Oceans and the RCMP to protect Mi’kmaw lobster harvesters from harassment while they […]

Missing teen found safe after search in wooded area in Cape Breton

August 22, 2020 Maureen Googoo

A 14-year-old girl from We’koqma’q First Nation in Nova Scotia who was missing for more than a week has been found safe. According to a news release, RCMP Air Services reported a fire in an […]

Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw water protectors arrested at Alton Gas site for violating court injunction

April 11, 2019 Maureen Googoo

Three Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw women water protectors who were occupying the entrance to a natural gas storage facilities site are expected to appear in court in Halifax Apr. 17 after they were arrested and taken […]

RCMP, fire officials investigating ‘suspicious’ fire that destroyed lobster pound

December 27, 2017 Maureen Googoo

A fire that destroyed a lobster pound in Saint Bernard, N.S. on Christmas Day is under investigation by both the RCMP and local fire officials. “We do feel the fire is suspicious,” RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. […]

Sipekne’katik band councillor’s lobster pound destroyed in fire

December 26, 2017 Maureen Googoo

A Sipekne’katik band councillor says a lobster pound he owns in southwestern Nova Scotia was destroyed by fire in the early hours on Christmas Day. Alex McDonald said he was contacted by the RCMP about […]

Former Sipekne’katik Band Chief charged with drug trafficking

October 12, 2017 Maureen Googoo

The former chief of the Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia has been charged with drug trafficking following an RCMP traffic stop. Jerry Francis Sack, 55, of Indian Brook First Nation has been charged with four […]

RCMP seeking public assistance in locating missing 14 year old girl

March 2, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The RCMP in Halifax is seeking the public’s assistance in finding a teenage girl from Grand Lake. Savannah Johnson, 14, was last seen on March 1 in the Grand Lake area. She is described as […]