Mi’kmaw community says it will launch treaty fishery without federal licenses
Sipekne’katik First Nation will harvest lobster on their own terms, without federal licenses says Chief…
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$150B global human trafficking industry happening in plain sight in Canada say experts
Traffickers ‘look for people with vulnerabilities or weaknesses and they exploit those,’ says RCMP Cpl. David Lane.
Human trafficking investigation in Alberta leads to arrest of Mi’kmaw man in Nova Scotia
A Mi’kmaw man in Nova Scotia is facing several charges for human trafficking that took place…
Mi’kmaw fishers say they were exercising treaty rights when arrested by fisheries officials
Mi’kmaw fishers were harvesting baby eels, known as elvers, when the Department of Fisheries and…
Sipekne’katik First Nation lobster harvesters sue feds, non-Indigenous fishers
Lawsuit alleges RCMP, DFO failed to protect Mi’kmaw harvesters, while fishermen’s association encouraged the violence.
Sipekne’katik community members stand guard as Canada threatens to remove Treaty Truckhouse
At Saulnierville wharf, a red shipping container has become a fight for treaty rights.
‘Mikmaq Chicks’ section found on international pornography website
Chief says she was informed by police there is an active investigation.
Mi’kmaw personality Trevor Sanipass charged with committing indecent act
A well known personality in Nova Scotia has been charged for committing an indecent act…
Mi’kmaw MP says new DFO policy could employ hundreds of harvesters this year
‘That’s an opportunity that I don’t think enough people are talking about,’ according to Jaime Battiste. He says other options remain on the table