Mi'kmaq
In Surprise Move, Indigenous Coalition Buys Largest Atlantic Canada Fishery
It's a "win" for Indigenous fishing communities who have been embroiled in months of conflict and intimidation by white commercial fishermen.
'It Doesn’t Feel Good When People Hate You:' Indigenous Lobster Fishers Find Their Lives Upended
The usually quiet string of fishing villages in southwest Nova Scotia are fraught with tension and fear as anti-Indigenous violence over the lucrative lobster fishery has come to a head.
RCMP Under Fire For Allowing Lobster Fishermen to ‘Terrorize’ Mi’kmaq Community
Mobs of mostly-white commercial fishermen swarmed and vandalized two lobster facilities, setting a van on fire, despite Nova Scotia RCMP being on scene.
Ellen Page Urges Trudeau to ‘Do Something’ as Indigenous House Demolished
Page made the comment after visiting a Mi’kmaq resistance camp against the Alton Gas natural gas project in Nova Scotia.
History Isn’t Diminished By Tearing Down Statues
Halifax’s move to take down a statue of its racist founder, Edward Cornwallis, was long overdue.
Canadian Police Forces Want to Protect You with Military Battle Gear
The Montreal police recently announced their intentions to purchase two sound cannons—the type originally created to fight off Somali pirates on the open seas—to help with anti-police protests in Montreal. The move is yet another salvo in the...
The Many Arrests of Canadian Journalist Miles Howe
Miles Howe is unarguably the most connected journalist covering the tensions between SWN, an oil company in New Brunswick, and the Mi'kmaq First Nations people who oppose their fracking initiatives. Lately, Miles has been getting himself into legal...
Canadian Cops Ambushed a First Nations Anti-Fracking Protest
Protesters say that the cops used rubber bullets and mace when they didn't need to while breaking up a demonstration blocking access to a natural gas company's facilities.