Exploring Theme: "Aboriginal Rights and Title"

Charles Francis of Eskasoni believes his traps were targeted, intentionally smashed near Louisbourg, N.S. CBC Indigenous: The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans is investigating after lobster traps belonging to an Eskasoni fisherman appeared to be deliberately damaged last week near Louisbourg, N.S. Charles Francis fishes under a moderate livelihood authorization between DFO and Mi’kmaw harvesters,...

Decision in case of Chris Googoo means treaty rights challenge in provincial court will not be heard CBC Indigenous: A constitutional challenge by a councillor for a Nova Scotia First Nation who has claimed a treaty right to sell cannabis will not go ahead this summer after a judge ruled there was not enough evidence...

Some unauthorized store owners are asserting they have a treaty right to sell cannabis CBC Indigenous: It’s no mistake that Thomas Durfee calls his cannabis and cultural arts store in north-end Dartmouth, N.S., a “truckhouse,” a reference to trading posts outlined in a 1752 treaty signed between a Mi’kmaw chief and the British governor of...

Enduring significance of eels in Mi’kmaw spirituality is maintained through generations How eel fishing is changing for the Mi’kmaq trying to preserve it 1 day ago, Duration 3:39 The modern Mi’kmaw winter harvest of adult eels is a profound act of cultural preservation. The CBC’s Sis’moqon ventured onto the ice to learn more about how a...

The Globe and Mail: Lobster season had only just begun in southwestern Nova Scotia when Arnold Hammond of Acadia First Nation steamed down the coast toward Lockeport to check his lobster pots on Wednesday morning. He was shocked to find his 100 lobster traps, marked with tags indicating he is licensed by a government-authorized Indigenous fishery, had...

The Globe and Mail: As thousands of fishermen took to the sea in southwestern Nova Scotia for the beginning of the most lucrative lobster fishing season in the region, Mi’kmaq leaders are decrying the federal government’s decision to maintain limits on their access to the fishery in what they say is a violation of their...

A peaceful moment on the Saulnierville Wharf. On the weekend, two people were arrested after a protest against the Mi’kmaw fishery. Photo: Angel Moore/APTN.  APTN News: The RCMP says two people were arrested and later released for alleged assaults on Saturday after police responded to what they described as “an assembly” at a fishing wharf...

WATCH: Nova Scotia RCMP are investigating after four people allegedly stole a crate full of lobster on a wharf in St. Mary’s Bay which led to a property owner being assaulted. As Zack Power reports, the tensions come as Indigenous and commercial fishery stakeholders are calling for peace and dialogue. Click on the following link...

Premiers criticized justice minister for saying Ottawa will look at resource agreement CBC News: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing the premiers of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba of misinterpreting remarks by a federal minister on whether Ottawa might review agreements that give those provinces control of natural resources. “Let me be very clear. The minister of...

Lametti told an AFN meeting he would examine calls to rescind Natural Resources Transfer Act CBC News: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and three western premiers are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to disassociate his government from comments made by his justice minister — who promised last week to “look at” a decades-old law that...

Proponents say Canada must do more to turn aspiration into action CBC News: Drive two hours north of Ottawa, put on a hard hat and bright orange vest, descend into a pit — and you find yourself on the frontline in the fight to be part of the new, green economy. A mining project might not...