A Mi’kmaw community in Nova Scotia is addressing a decades-old conflict head-on. Last week, the Sipekne’katik First Nation launched its own Mi’kmaq-regulated, rights-based lobster fishery in St. Marys Bay, about 250 kilometres west of Halifax — believed to be the first of its kind in the province. It came 21 years to the day after a Supreme Court […]Read More
The BC Coroners Service said at least one person died after a Canadian fishing vessel with three people on board sank off the coast of Washington state on Tuesday. The U.S. Coast Guard said earlier it rescued one survivor who is in good health. “The BC Coroners Service has been notified of at least one death in this incident but has no other […]Read More
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Chirp, chirp, chirp! “Is that me ringing?” New Orleans Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry wondered aloud, looking down at the proximity monitor clipped to his credential as he walked from the practice facility inside Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex to conduct his virtual news conference on July 10. Upon […]Read More
RCMP in northwest B.C. say they will review video of a confrontation on the water near Haida Gwaii between members of the Haida Nation and staff of a local fishing lodge. The video appears to show some five vessels from the Queen Charlotte Lodge passing too close to a pair of smaller Haida boats, leading to a tense […]Read More
Here’s some of what awaits NBA players going to the Disney campus in Orlando, Fla., next month: game rooms, golf course access, cabanas with misters to combat the heat, fishing areas, bowling, backstage tours and salon services. It only sounds like vacation. The NBA described very specific plans to players and teams for the restart […]Read More
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