Assembly Of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs

• Treaty Day celebration postponed in Halifax due to Fiona storm cleanup

  The Nova Scotia celebration originally scheduled for Oct. 3 has been put on hold due to storm damage. Truth and Reconciliation Day will still go ahead on Sept. 30 as planned.

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  Sep 28, 2022
  
• ‘Not an isolated incident’: Search for answers continues at a N.S. residential school site

  'With so many schools across the country, we are very aware that this is not an isolated incident,' N.S. Indigenous leaders say.

  Canada

  May 31, 2021
  
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• Cape Breton’s Potlotek First Nation to sue Nova Scotia over livelihood fisher

  The notice says provincial regulations infringe on Potlotek's treaty right to sell, purchase and process fish and prevents Mi'kmaq fishers from exercising their treaty right.

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  Feb 17, 2021
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• Sipekne’katik First Nation secures sale for 45K kg of lobster caught by moderate livelihood fishers

  Chief Michael Sack told Global News that the Sipekne’katik First Nation has been unsuccessful in its attempts to talk with fisheries officials. 'Talks have broken down,' he said.

  Politics

  Nov 18, 2020
• N.S. premier responds to N.S. assembly of chiefs co-chair stepping down

  Membertou Chief Terry Paul’s announced Wednesday he was stepping down as co-chair of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs, due in part to distrust.

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2020
• N.S. Assembly of Mi’kmaw Chiefs demands DFO stop seizing moderate livelihood lobster traps

  If the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has seized any traps, the assembly said they must be returned 'immediately.'

  Politics

  Oct 20, 2020
• Another First Nation in Nova Scotia set to start self-regulated lobster fishery

  The assembly says the fishers plan to exercise their inherent right to fish for a moderate livelihood.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2020
• Lobster protests: Nova Scotia MP demands immediate action from Ottawa

  Hundreds of non-Indigenous commercial fishermen staged protests at two wharfs in southwestern Nova Scotia, alleging illegal fishing in St. Marys Bay.

  Canada

  Sep 16, 2020
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• Cornwallis debate: Coast guard working with Indigenous group to change ship name

  Federal officials say the icebreaker, known as Canadian Coast Guard Ship Edward Cornwallis, is undergoing a refit in Nova Scotia and will be renamed later this year before it leaves the Shelburne Shipyard.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2020