Donald Marshall Jr

• Mi’kmaw, justice partnership helps prevent reoffending through healing

  The Mi'kmaw Legal Support Network offers support to First Nations people who come in contact with the justice system.

  Features

  Jan 27, 2022
  
• Mi’kmaq fishers intend to fight federal charges alleging illegal lobster catch

  Ashton Bernard, 30, of Eskasoni First Nation, says he will rely on the 1999 Supreme Court of Canada decision in the Donald Marshall Jr. case.

  Politics

  Oct 26, 2020
  
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• RCMP investigating after Mi’kmaw fishing boat torched in suspicious fire

  RCMP are investigating the incident which damaged the commercial fishing boat at the Comeauville Wharf

  Crime

  Oct 5, 2020
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• Mi’kmaw power, inside and beyond Ottawa, stronger than in past fishery battles

  'I wonder if they ever thought, 20 years ago, that they'd have two Mi'kmaw senators and a Mi'kmaw MP who could help influence and work with government to find a solution.'

  Politics

  Sep 27, 2020
• Return of Donald Marshall Jr.’s eel nets recall days of historic fishing decision

  Donald Marshall Jr. was charged with three counts of violating federal fisheries laws when he and his former partner Jane McMillan set the nets near Pomquet Harbour, N.S., in 1993.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2019
• Dark Poutine podcast recap: The murder of Sandy Seale

  After spending almost 12 years in prison for the murder of Nova Scotia teen Sandy Seale, Donald Marshall Jr. was exonerated and became a symbol for Canada's wrongfully convicted.

  Crime

  Sep 9, 2019