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Hayes “given the keys to the kingdom,” crown alleges in fraud trial
Luke Craggs, left, and Jeffrey Hayes leave the courtroom during a break from closing arguments in fraud trial Monday/Photo by Stephen Brake The trial of the former finance director for the ...
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alton gas
The lawyer (from this site) representing three Mi’kmaw women challenging a proposed permanent court injunction filed by the Alton Natural Gas Storage Project wants all current work at the site to stop ...
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Remembering William Basque, the Mi’kmaw veteran behind the poem, Sma’knis
Rose Basque recalls when her late husband, William Basque, wrote the poem, Sma’knis, back in 1992. She said he had trouble going to sleep one night. “He said, ‘Oh my God. My mind is going really fast.
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An interview with Danielle Cyr, co-author of book about history of Gespe’gewa’gi Mi’gmaq
Danielle Cyr is a co-author of Nta'tugwaqanminen - Our Story: Evolution of the Gespe'gewa'gi Mi'kmaq/Photo by Stephen Brake Danielle Cyr, a specialist in Algonquian languages and comparative ...
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Nova Scotia NDP leader says fish-buying regulations can change to accommodate moderate livelihood treaty right
NDP Leader Gary Burrill, left, Liberal Party Leader Iain Rankin, centre, and Progressive Conservative Party Leader Tim Houston/Photos by Stephen Brake The leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic ...
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Lawyer for Mi’kmaw fishermen says charges against them should be dismissed
Ashton Bernard, left, and his lawyer, Michael McDonald outside of court in Yarmouth, N.S. Oct. 26, 2020/Photo by Stephen Brake The lawyer representing four Mi’kmaw lobster fishermen in Nova Scotia ...
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Potlotek band member says band denying her right to vote for not sending mail-in ballot
Patricia Doyle-Bedwell, a lawyer and associate professor living and working Halifax, says her band, Potlotek, is denying her right to vote in Aug. 5 band election because she didn't receive a mail-in ...
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First Nation communities in New Brunswick fight for land rights in landmark title cases
Three Indigenous groups in New Brunswick have launched separate legal actions against the provincial and federal governments. The Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqey First Nations are pursuing a title case and ...
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Judge Timothy Landry
A Nova Scotia provincial court judge has reserved his decision in a court case that involves the treaty right to fish to earn a moderate livelihood. Leon Knockwood, 27, James Nevin, 38, and Logan ...
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Mi’kmaw fisherman using 1752 treaty, ancestry in legal battle with DFO
Matthew Cope, 36, aboard his lobster boat, Mystique Lady, in Digby, N.S./Photo by Stephen Brake A Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw fisherman says he has a constitutionally protected treaty right to catch and sell ...
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Meeting with families of missing and murdered indigenous women raw, emotional
Federal ministers Carolyn Bennett (left) and Patty Hadju hold a news conference on Jan. 20 about their meeting with families in Halifax about missing and murdered indigenous women/Photo by Stephen ...