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 ...
A provincial court judge in Bridgewater, N.S. confirmed that a sentencing circle has been scheduled for one of four Mi’kmaw fishermen charged with illegally fishing for lobster during a closed ...
Eight Mi’kmaw fishermen from Sipekne’katik and Eskasoni First Nations were scheduled to appear in Digby Provincial Court on January 22. Levi Toney, 29, from Sipekne’katik First Nation Levi Toney is ...
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 ...
Jeff Hayes, left, arrives at Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax with his lawyer, Luke Craggs, for Day 2 of his jury trial on May 17/Photo by Stephen Brake The crown will present final arguments to ...
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Sipekne'katik Band Councillor Alex McDonald, left, confirmed Tuesday a lobster pound he owned was destroyed by fire on Chirstmas Day/Photo by Stephen Brake A Sipekne’katik band councillor says a ...
45 Indigenous youth left port in Halifax Aug. 1 aboard the Dutch tall ship, Gulden Leeuw/Photo by Stephen Brake A group of Indigenous youth from across Canada are currently sailing across the Atlantic ...
A two-day trial got underway for Daniel Francis and Trent Francis in Dartmouth Provincial Court on fishery obstruction charges. Both men, who are members of the Pictou Landing First Nation near New ...
Former NSNWA president Cheryl Maloney, right, has filed a human rights complaint against Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil/Photos by Stephen Brake The former president of the Nova Scotia Native Women ...
Families in Nova Scotia who plan on participating in the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls will now have a specialized support team to help them through the process ...
Warning: This news story contains details of sexual violence The woman who has accused former Assembly of First Nations Vice-Chief Morley Googoo of sexual assault said she felt “weird” after consuming ...