"We want them there for the people for the community for us to go forward. On the 17th and in following days from 80 to 200 fishing […] It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. Our treaty partners have once again forgotten. Phone: 902 758 2049 Fax: 902 758 2017 Email: info@sipeknekatik.ca 522 Church Street, Indian Brook, NS B0N2H0 on Sept. 19, 2020/Photo by Maureen Googoo Sack has issued a public plea for people to donate traps “to replenish the gear that has been vandalized.” And so we continue in our pursuit to live as Mi’kmaq. Sipekne’katik Chief says band will not fish in upcoming lobster season due to safety concerns By Aya Al-Hakim Global News Posted October 30, 2020 7:24 pm In contrast, there are nearly one thousand – 985 – non-native licenses, with each fisher permitted up to 400 traps – … Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. The Sipekne’katik First Nation say their choice to issue their own lobster permits to community members is an expression of treaty rights and point to … "There was no way Mr. Sack could come into possession of that property without knowing it was tainted by the proceeds of crime, that it was in fact through illicit funds," Crown prosecutor Rick Hartlen said. On September 17, 2020, the Sipekne’katik First Nation of Nova Scotia opened its independent fishery, affirming the Band’s rights under Canada’s Supreme Court ruling of 1999 (the Marshall Decision), which allowed the Band to fish for a moderate living under its own regulations. “Our people are committed to advancing our Treaty right to a moderate livelihood and we are very close to finalizing our Rights Implementation Fishery Management plan as we move from phase one to phase two,” he said in the release. On Tuesday, Sack said he is renewing his call for the advancement of the Sipekne’katik fishery. A workplace resignation boom may be looming. More than 50 candidates are vying for Sipekne'katik First Nation council positions Wednesday, but one of the candidates for chief admitted to using money stolen from the band. "It's just basically gone.". On Friday, former financial manager Jeffrey Cecil Hayes was sentenced to two years in prison for stealing nearly $350,000 from band coffers in 2009 and 2010. Assembly of Chiefs co-chair steps down, WATCH (Oct. 28): Chief Terry Paul, co-chair of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs, has announced he is stepping down. © 2020 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc. N.S. The Sipekne'katik First Nation is composed of four Mi'kmaq First Nation reserves located in central Nova Scotia. "We need to work on substance abuse and stuff that's on the reserve because it's really rampant," resident Cheryl Peter-Paul said. 19-year-old hospitalized with rare COVID-linked syndrome usually found in kids, Another First Nation developing plans for moderate livelihood fishery, Another First Nation developing plans for moderate livelihood fishery – Oct 26, 2020. "I'd like to see a big change in that issue and I'm hoping the new council will do it.". "We just want honest people up there," she said. The Sipekne'katik management plan calls for about 50 traps per boat to be fished in St. Mary’s Bay while Marshall expects a trap limit of about 70 per vessel fishing in St. Peter’s Bay. The injunction, issued Wednesday Oct. 21,2020 by Justice James Chipman, prohibits anyone from … The parties agreed upon a compensation amount of $49,204,071 to settle the specific claim. "I just know if I become chief, I'm going to keep the band on track with what we've been doing — and staying out of the hole.". HALIFAX- The Sipekne’katik Mi’kmaq, exercising its treaty right to catch and sell fish for a moderate livelihood, obtained an interim injunction Wednesday banning anyone from restricting Sipekne’katik citizens from accessing two southwestern Nova Scotia wharfs and a lobster pound. 134 likes. Municipal Elections 2020: RESULTS ... Johns asked for an emergency debate on the violence and intimidation happening in Nova Scotia over the Sipekne’katik First Nation’s out-of-season lobster fishing. As of 2012, the Mi'kmaq population is … Re-Elect Timothy Nevin, Vector. A Mi'kmaw band is raising concerns about the Sipekne'katik First Nation's moderate livelihood fishery on St. Marys Bay in southwest Nova Scotia, and says its two-decade effort to repair relations with non-Indigenous communities in the area is "quickly being eroded. Sipekneꞌkatik First Nation - Wikipedia. "If Mike Sack's elected chief, I'm not sure what's going to happen," Copage said. "I told fisheries officers I was fishing under the chief and council's authority, and all the fish was going for food," Syliboy said. Sipekne’katik First Nation chief raises concern about Ottawa’s bid to quell protests over lobster fishing. As Graeme Benjamin reports, the announcement was made Wednesday afternoon in the days that followed negotiations breaking down between DFO and the assembly – Oct 28, 2020. In the commercial fishery, there are approximately 100 boats and 350 traps for each boat. Out of 982 voters in total, 72 per cent voted for Sack to return as chief for the next two years. former financial manager Jeffrey Cecil Hayes was sentenced, Band leaders satisfied with fraud sentence, Sipekne'katik cranberry project anything but fruitful, CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices. Sack declined an interview with CBC News. Sack defeated candidates Heather Knockwood and Kim Paul for the position. Ongoing violence marks a dispute over treaty rights and commercial lobster fishing in Nova Scotia. Since the fishery began in St. Mary’s Bay, the Sipekne'katik have added three more boats, and the 10 vessels each have 50 traps. Mi’kmaw lobster harvesters in Nova Scotia have launched legal action against Canada’s attorney general, RCMP, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), and 29 non-Indigenous fishers including the Bay of Fundy Inshore Fishermen’s Association (BFIFA).. Here’s a complete list of the newly elected council: Prior to being elected chief, Sack sat on council for 10 years, said the release. “(Our fishermen aren’t) looking to make a million dollars, they’re just tired of being poor,” said Marshall. Alongside Sack, 12 councilors were elected on Tuesday with 36 candidates running. The actions echo the Fish Wars in the U.S. in the 1970s. Robert Syliboy, 26, with his son, also received a Sipekne’katik lobster license on Sept. 17, 2020/Photo by Stephen Brake. “Our capacity to provide for ourselves and our community overall has been completely obstructed first by the commercial fishery and now by the Federal and Provincial government’s inaction in addressing the DFO only approved license to sell.”. Mi’kmaq have maintained the fishery is permitted by the 1999 Supreme Court of Canada Marshall decision, based on treaties signed by the British Crown in the early 1760s. Conservation is the foundation of Netukulimk; accordingly, Sipekne’katik responsibly issued only 5 licenses, and limited each L’nuk fisher to the use of only 50 traps, in LFA 34. Read more: And here we are in 2020: Sipekne’katik has given another reminder. Sipekne’katik Band (also known as Shubenacadie Band, or Indian Brook First Nation) consists of six reserves: Indian Brook IR #14, Wallace Hills, Grand Lake, New Ross, Penal and Dodds Lot. Tuesday night the Sipekne’katik First Nation re-elected Mike Sack as chief for his third term by a landslide. "There was still a lot of money missing that was unaccounted for," Copage said. The Sipekne'katik fishery, says Sack, is a drop in the bucket compared with the entire lobster fishery. Nova Scotia's second-largest Mi'kmaq community goes to the polls this week in an election under the shadow of the previous administration's financial scandals. Mi’kmaw fishers have property vandalized, lobsters destroyed. The Sipekne'katik First Nation is composed of four Mi'kmaq First Nation reserves located in central Nova Scotia.As of 2012, the Mi'kmaq population is 1,195 on-Reserve, and approximately 1,190 off-Reserve. Voter turnout was nearly 50 per cent, with around 2000 eligible voters in Sipekne’katik. Sipekne’katik Chief says band will not fish in upcoming lobster season due to safety concerns. Kwe, I am humbled and honoured to be nominated for re-election as a councillor in the Sipekne’katik election on November 2, 2018. His re-election came just days after he made the decision to pull Sipkene’katik commercial fishery licenses in LFA33 and LFA34. Sipekne’katik Chief Michael Sack, left, speaks to reporters in Saulnierville, N.S. Please read our Commenting Policy first. The results of Tuesday’s election were announced by the Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq, with Electoral Officer Brenda Tracy overseeing the ballot count. “It is critical that the Federal and Provincial governments provide an exemption for our people to sell lobster under section 35, the right to self determination,” Sack said in the Tuesday release. Incumbents elected to Council are Lena Knockwood, Doreen Knockwood, Michelle Glasgow, Gerry Augustine, Mary Ellen Syliboy,Gavin Michael, Timothy Nevin, Eldon Paul, Keith Julian. This is a video for "The Racism & Crime Against Mi'kmaq People”.., October 2020.., in St. Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mi’kmaq fishers and Sack faced backlash from a mob of commercial fishermen that argued the fishery was operating illegally outside of the regular fishing season. On Sept. 17, the first lobster licenses were issued by the Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia to its fishermen. Sack even took a punch during a stand-off with non-Indigenous fishermen and saw a lobster pound burned to the ground last month. Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. Mi’kmaw fishers have property vandalized, lobsters destroyed, Sipekne’katik Chief says band will not fish in upcoming lobster season due to safety concerns. A historic agreement has been concluded for the settlement of the Halifax County 1919 Invalid Surrender Specific Claim with Sipekne'katik and the Millbrook First Nation. Sipekne'katik struggles with poverty and other social issues, which resonates with people in the community of Indian Brook. The Sipekne’katik opened a modest livelihood fishery in St. Mary’s Bay last month, exercising a Supreme Court of Canada-acknowledged treaty right to fish when and where they want. More than 50 candidates are vying for Sipekne'katik First Nation council positions Wednesday, but one of the candidates for chief admitted to using money stolen from the band. Band member Amber Paul said she's concerned with the integrity of council. The Treaty of 1760-61 is the treaty that was affirmed in the famed Supreme Court of Canada R v. Marshall decision in 1999. If we want to get technical, the treaties informing the Sipekne’katik decision to open the moderate livelihood fishery are the Treaties of 1752 and 1760-61. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press ... Election Advertising Registry. Canada’s Supreme Court […] Members of the Sipekne'katik First Nation load lobster traps on the wharf in Saulnierville, N.S., after launching its own self-regulated fishery on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. But only two are candidates for chief: incumbent Rufus Copage and former councillor Michael Sack. The claim was filed in Halifax on March 26 by 43 Mi’kmaw harvesters who are all members of Sipekne’katik First Nation. ... 2020. 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Chief Sack received 72% of votes over his challengers Heather Knockwood and Kim Paul. Sipekne'katik Chief Mike Sack said in an interview in Digby, N.S., that the injunction is a response to safety concerns for band members. As part of that agreement, he will now pay back $132,000 to the band, a portion of the money Hayes took. N.S. A Mi'kmaw band is raising concerns about the Sipekne'katik First Nation's moderate livelihood fishery on St. Marys Bay in southwest Nova Scotia, and says its … More than 50 candidates are vying for Sipekne'katik First Nation council positions Wednesday. Sipekne’katik First Nation includes the communities of Indian Brook (IR #14), New Ross, Pennal, Dodd’s Lot, Wallace Hills and Grand Lake. Copage pointed to three successive annual audits where every penny of band funds can be accounted for. Mike Sack has been re-elected Chief of Sipekne’katik First Nation in a landslide. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. The area and population of Indian Brook IR #14 are often included in the statistics for the Highway 102 Corridor Region . Sipekne’katik First Nation re-elects Chief Mike Sack for 3rd term. Citation: Sipekne’katik v. Alton Natural Gas Storage LP, 2020 NSSC 111 Date: 20200324 Docket: Halifax, No. – Oct 22, 2020, Ontario reports nearly 2,200 new COVID-19 cases, 30 more deaths, B.C. Sack was also charged after helping cover up the fraud by taking possession of a luxury home Hayes built with the money he stole. On September 17, 2020, the Sipekne’katik First Nation of Nova Scotia opened its independent fishery, affirming the Band’s rights under Canada’s Supreme Court ruling of 1999 (the Marshall Decision), which allowed the Band to fish for a moderate living under its own regulations. Arson, property destruction, vandalism and physical confrontations erupted after the Sipekne’katik First Nation exerted their treaty rights and started harvesting lobster outside the federally-mandated season. What’s behind the tensions between the Mi’kmaq and commercial fisheries? This year, Sack gained national prominence after he officially opened a moderate livelihood fishery for his community on Sept. 17 in Saulnierville, N.S. What’s behind the tensions between the Mi’kmaq and commercial fisheries? Read more: Want to discuss? Sipekne’katik First Nation is a vibrant, growing, and close-knit community of 2,588 band members, with approximately 1244 members residing in the community and 1344 members residing out of the community. On October 13, 2020, a mob of non-Indigenous fishermen trapped and harassed two Mi’kmaq fishermen inside of a lobster pound in West Pubnico, Nova Scotia, Canada. ‘Terrorizing our people’: N.S. “It has always been the greatest honour of my life to represent the people of my community however, today perhaps more than ever, as we have seen their resilience and strength emerge on the world’s stage in recent weeks,” Sack said in a Tuesday night release. Sack's case was handled through adult diversion, so the man has no criminal conviction. https://globalnews.ca/news/7439134/chief-mike-sack-reelected-sipeknekatik Happy Friday Everyone, Please be advised that Basin Contracting Limited will be performing Asphalt paving on Meadow Brook Road and Brown Flats Road starting on November 23rd, 2020 … Sipekne’katik Chief Michael Sack confirmed his First Nation issued a total of seven lobster fishing licenses, with 50 tags for each license, on Thursday. Jason Marr, one of the targeted fishermen of the Sipekne’katik First Nation, initially headed to the lobster pound when he heard of a plan to seize and release Mi’kmaq lobster catches back into the bay. The 27-year-old fisherman from Sipekne'katik First Nation says his chief had authorized the setting of the 10 traps as a food, social and ceremonial fishery for the community in central Nova Scotia. 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