New Brunswick First Nations

• Indigenous group protests plan to expand maple syrup industry in New Brunswick

  A group of First Nations is accusing the provincial government of failing to consult them about a plan to expand the amount of Crown land available for maple syrup production.

  Canada

  Jul 4, 2023
  
• Wolastoqey Nations prepare for their own tax regime amid looming tax agreement deadline

  The Wolastoqey Nations of New Brunswick say they will prepare their own tax regime if the government does not honour tax-sharing agreements past Jan. 31, 2023.

  Canada

  Oct 8, 2021
  
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• Court rules in favour of New Brunswick First Nations in dispute on carbon tax revenue

  In April 2020, the New Brunswick government introduced a carbon tax but reduced the existing tax rates on gasoline and diesel to offset most of the increase.

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2021
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• Mi’gmaq, Wolastoqiyik chiefs pull out of TRC working group after motion for racism inquiry gutted

  'The working group appears to have been used as a political smoke screen.'

  Politics

  Dec 16, 2020
• Maliseet tradition runs strong at Treaty Day

  In celebration of Mascarene's Treaty signed June 4, 1726, New Brunswick First Nations took part in their annual Treaty Day honouring their ancestors.

  Canada

  Jun 4, 2017
• Fentanyl confirmed in pill seized on Esgenoôpetitj First Nation in New Brunswick

  Health Canada has confirmed pills that were seized on the Esgenoôpetitj First Nation contained fentanyl.

  Crime

  Apr 19, 2017
• New Brunswick First Nations set to banish drug dealers following overdose death

  There is a growing movement on New Brunswick's First Nations to banish drug dealers, as mourners said farewell this week to a woman who died of a drug overdose.

  Canada

  Apr 18, 2017