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All documents of the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr. Prosecution now available online
The Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr. Prosecution has been completely digitized and uploaded onto the Nova Scotia Public Archives website/Photo by Stephen Brake The complete archive of a ...
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Sipekne’katik First Nation sues federal government for seizing lobster traps
Sipekne'katik First Nation fishermen drop lobster traps in St. Mary's Bay near Saulnierville, N.S. in Sept. 2020/Photo by Stephen Brake The Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia is suing the ...
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NS Mi’kmaw leaders link lack of DFO control over elver eel fishery to shooting of Eskasoni man
Mi'kmaw harvesters fishing for elver eels at the Head of St. Margaret's Bay in Tantallon, N.S. on Mar. 21, 2023/Photo by Stephen Brake Mi’kmaw leaders in Nova Scotia are accusing the Department of ...
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National Park
Ursula Johnson says incorporating traditional Mi’kmaq stories into the annual Storytelling Festival at Kejimkujik National Park was important to her. “In the first year that we created the ...
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Mi’kmaw Family and Children’s Services sues Sipekne’katik following order to leave community
Mi'kmaw Family and Children's Services's office building in Indian Brook First Nation, N.S./Photo by Stephen Brake An Indigenous agency that provides child protection and family support services to ...
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AFN votes to create new vice-chief position for PEI First Nations
Lennox Island First Nation Chief Darlene Bernard, left, and Abegweit First Nation Chief Roderick Gould/Photos by Stephen Brake and AFN The Assembly of First Nations has voted to create a new ...
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Fisheries Court Cases Roundup: January 22-26, 2024
Eight Mi’kmaw fishermen from Sipekne’katik and Eskasoni First Nations were scheduled to appear in Digby Provincial Court on January 22. Levi Toney, 29, from Sipekne’katik First Nation Levi Toney is ...
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Angry mob trap Mi’kmaw fishermen at a lobster pound in southwestern Nova Scotia
An angry mob of non-Indigenous lobster fishermen trapped two Mi'kmaw fishermen inside a lobster pound in West Pubnico, N.S. and set a van on fire on Oct. 13/Photos courtesy of Jason Marr An angry mob ...
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Meeting with families of missing and murdered indigenous women raw, emotional
Federal ministers Carolyn Bennett (left) and Patty Hadju hold a news conference on Jan. 20 about their meeting with families in Halifax about missing and murdered indigenous women/Photo by Stephen ...
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Indigenous play part of Neptune Theatre’s upcoming season
Raeesa Lalani, artistic director of the Prismatic Arts Festival, announced on Feb. 28. 2023 that Pawâkan Macbeth by Reneltta Arluk, will be a part of Neptune Theatre's 2023-24 season/Photo by Stephen ...
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Meet the 3 Indigenous candidates in Atlantic Canada running in the Oct. 21 federal election
Noel Joe, left, Yvonne Jones, middle, and Jaime Battiste, right are the three Indigenous candidates running in the Oct. 21 federal election/Photos contributed Three Indigenous people in Atlantic ...
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Judge Timothy Landry
A Nova Scotia provincial court judge has reserved his decision in a court case that involves the treaty right to fish to earn a moderate livelihood. Leon Knockwood, 27, James Nevin, 38, and Logan ...