Lobster Dispute

• Sipekne’katik Chief says new fisheries minister should be from outside Atlantic Canada

  Liberals lose ground in Halifax as fisheries minister Bernadette Jordan loses her seat to Conservative candidate Rick Perkins.

  Politics

  Sep 21, 2021
  
• Federal enforcement in N.S. fisheries dispute ‘political’: Mi’kmaw lawyer

  'We ask that any government officials here respect First Nations and their rights, not only today when I’m out on the boat, but every single day.'

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2021
  
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• Assembly of First Nations national chief visits N.S. to show solidarity with Sipekne’katik fishery

  National Chief RoseAnne Archibald was in St. Mary's Bay, hauling lobster traps alongside Sipekne’katik First Nation Chief Mike Sack.

  Canada

  Sep 9, 2021
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• First Nation in N.S. vows to keep fishing despite arrest for ‘unauthorized fishery’

  Chief Mike Sack says members of the Sipekne'katik First Nation will fish until the end of the year as planned.

  Canada

  Aug 20, 2021
• First Nation chief detained by fisheries officers in N.S. after launching fishery

  Chief Mike Sack says he was pulled over by fisheries officers shortly after he held a news conference at the Saulnierville Wharf.

  Politics

  Aug 16, 2021
• Federal minister’s office concerned with Nova Scotia band’s lobster fishery intent

  Sipekne'katik First Nation plans to proceed with a self-regulated treaty fishery on Monday.

  Politics

  Aug 14, 2021
• N.S. First Nation further delays lobster fishing, saying it risks losing traps

  The band is also concerned about the safety of its fishers after violence erupted last fall when fishers from the community set traps in St. Marys Bay.

  Politics

  Jun 2, 2021
• N.S. Mi’kmaq to start season with scaled-down plans for fishery in St. Marys Bay

  Sipekne'katik Chief Mike Sack says the ceremonial fishery would initially be comprised of about 'four or five' lobster traps per person on the boat.

  Politics

  May 27, 2021
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• Sipekne’katik band councillor, two fishermen to appear in court Monday

  Shaquest Miller and Dale Wagner are also set to appear on various charges related to similar conflicts between Indigenous and commercial lobster fishers.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2021
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• Chief Sack looks ahead after new charges laid in lobster pound mobbing

  In a press release issued Tuesday, RCMP said 23 people have been charged with break-ins in relation to the October 2020 incident in Middle West Pubnico.

  Jan 13, 2021