Sipekne'katik

• Students plant orange flags to honour Shubenacadie residential school survivors

  More than 500 students gathered at a former residential school to plant 15,000 orange flags in memory of those who went to the former Shubenacadie Residential School.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2023
  
• Ottawa, Mi’kmaq community on collision course over plan for second lobster season

  DFO said today that enforcement officers will be in place in St. Mary's Bay to "uphold the Fisheries Act" if Sipekne'katik fishers harvest lobster beginning on June 1.

  Canada

  Apr 22, 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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• Sipekne’katik First Nation re-elects Chief Mike Sack for 3rd term

  Mike Sack was the incumbent in the community of Sipekne'katik, located about 65 kilometres north of Halifax.

  Politics

  Nov 3, 2020
• ‘Blacklisted:’ Nova Scotia First Nation pulls commercial lobster boats from the water

  "The (non-Indigenous) commercial fishery has systematically boxed us out of the market."

  Canada

  Oct 21, 2020
• Massive fire destroys lobster pound in southern Nova Scotia

  Yarmouth County RCMP said in a statement Saturday morning that the fire is considered "suspicious" and an investigation is ongoing.

  Canada

  Oct 17, 2020
• Mi’kmaq sell lobster outside N.S. legislature

  More than 100 people lined up to purchase live lobster from Mi'kmaq activist Cheryl Maloney, who was joined by others from the Sipekne'katik band.

  Economy

  Oct 16, 2020
• ‘Not a conservation concern’: N.S. Mi’kmaq won’t deplete lobster stock, says expert

  Mi'kmaq fisherman say non-Indigenous fishers have threatened and intimidated them for their off-season fishery.

  Canada

  Sep 25, 2020
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• Fishermen remove Indigenous lobster traps despite ‘positive’ meeting between DFO, Sipekne’katik chief

  Sipekne’katik First Nation Chief Mike Sack described the news of additional lines being sabotaged as "disheartening."

  Crime

  Sep 20, 2020
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• Fishermen to haul traps in Nova Scotia Indigenous lobster fishery

  Two Mi'kmaq Senators added their voice in support of the fishery on Saturday.

  Canada

  Sep 19, 2020