Jaime Battiste
-
Mi’kmaw Nova Scotia MP says updated electoral map kicks him out of his own ridingThe proposed change for Sydney-Victoria was done without the consultation of its Indigenous constituents, said Jaime Battiste.PoliticsJan 31, 2023
-
Canada election results: Sydney—VictoriaSydney—Victoria has been a Liberal stronghold since the early 2000s.CanadaMay 13, 2021
-
-
Advertisement
-
Second Indigenous-run lobster fishery opens in Nova Scotia on Treaty DayNearly 300 people attended the ceremony to launch the boats loaded with lobster traps out onto the water.CanadaOct 1, 2020
-
-
Advertisement
-
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.'PoliticsSep 27, 2020
-
First Mi’kmaw MP asks question in his language in House of CommonsJaime Battiste, Liberal MP for Sydney-Victoria, used his first statement in House to speak the Mi'kmaq language.CanadaDec 13, 2019
-
-
Meet Jaime Battiste: Nova Scotia’s first Mi’kmaq member of ParliamentThe 40-year-old legal expert and Indigenous activist, elected as a Liberal in Cape Breton, seems poised to make a name for himself in federal politics.PoliticsOct 22, 2019
-
-
Trudeau says offensive posts made by N.S. candidate ‘unacceptable,’ but will allow him to runDuring a campaign stop Sunday, Trudeau said the social media posts were "unacceptable," but that he was pleased that Jaime Battiste has apologized "unreservedly."PoliticsOct 6, 2019
Trending
-
Toronto Pearson gold heist: Ontario man arrested at airport after arriving from India46,066 Read
-
Ontario man on trial for killing his mother takes the stand: ‘I lost it’40,323 Read
-
‘FLiRT’ COVID-19 subvariant dominant in Canada. What to know about the strain39,642 Read
-
Man charged in surfer deaths told girlfriend he killed ‘3 gringos,’ court hears32,704 Read
-
Hailey Bieber pregnant, expecting 1st baby with Justin Bieber25,789 Read
-
Northern lights could appear across Canada as ‘severe’ geomagnetic storm nears19,462 Read
-
Top Videos
-
Toronto Pearson gold heist: Ontario man arrested at airport after arriving from India
-
Son on trial for 2nd-degree murder of Toronto mother testifies in his own defence
-
Health Matters: China froze COVID-19 origin tracing, AP investigation finds
-
Missing Australian, American surfers found dead in well after ‘attempted carjacking’ in Mexico
-
Hailey Bieber pregnant, expecting 1st baby with Justin Bieber
-