A sentencing cirlcle was held for Zachery Nicholas, left, and his father, William Nicholas, in Pictou Landing First Nation, N.S. on Dec. 8, 2023/Photo by Stephen Brake Two Mi’kmaw fishermen from the ...
Chief Patricia Bernard of Madawaska-Maliseet First Nation, N.B. Aug. 27/Photo contributed. Patricia Bernard has been re-elected as chief of the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation. Bernard received 210 ...
Three Indigenous groups in New Brunswick have launched separate legal actions against the provincial and federal governments. The Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqey First Nations are pursuing a title case and ...
The leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party says the province can change fish-buying regulations to accommodate First Nations’ treaty right to buy and sell fish to earn a moderate livelihood.
Jan. 8: Cory Francis A new fishery charge against Cory Francis, 54, was withdrawn during a court hearing in Digby Provincial Court on Jan. 8.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, ...
Daniel Francis, centre, with supporters during a court appearance at Dartmouth Provincial Court in March 2023/Photo by Stephen Brake There were three fishery-related court cases in Nova Scotia ...
Michelle Glasgow is the first female chief of Sipekne'katik First Nation in Nova Scotia, N.S./Photo by Stephen Brake Michelle Glasgow says she is still in shock at becoming the first woman to be ...
When Donna Morris looks at the Mi’kmaq petroglyphs at Kejimkujik National Park, she sees history. “There’s a picture of a caribou. There’s a picture of a little missionary man that goes back to the ...
Agnes Gould, known as Aggie Baby, has been looking for her sister for over 23 years, but her search knows no borders. Though Virginia Sue Pictou-Noyes went missing from a Maine hospital, she was still ...
A Nova Scotia provincial court judge has dismissed fishery charges against three Mi’kmaw lobster fishermen who argued they had a constitutionally protected treaty right to catch and sell fish to earn ...
January 22: Digby Provincial Court Eight Mi’kmaw fishermen from Sipekne’katik and Eskasoni First Nations were scheduled to appear in Digby Provincial Court on ...
With just a few days left to determine the tight provincial elections race in New Brunswick, First Nations communities cast their ballots with one common demand: a government open to dialogue. As ...