News Archive
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Esgenoôpetitj
(Burnt Church)
This section archives news reports, editorials, and reader commentaries.
The goal is to make available to the general public a chronological
record of the events that occurred in Esgenoôpetitj (Burnt Church)
that are related to the Marshall Decision and New Brunswick lobster
fisheries. The archive is constructed from news and commentary taken
from on-line newspapers and news services and is updated regularly.
2001
News Index
2000 News Index
1999 News Index
July 22 - July 28,
2001
Wednesday, July
25, 2001
Here we go again on the bay with another
fishing season
Miramichi
Leader
July 15 - July 21,
2001
Monday, July 16,
2001
Countdown to confrontation - With no agreement
in sight, Burnt Church natives again prepare to fish lobster
By CHRIS MORRIS
- Canadian Press
Telegraph Journal
July 8 - July 14,
2001
Wednesday, July
11, 2001
60 nominated for 12 positions on
Burnt Church First Nation council
By GERRIT BOSMA
Miramichi Leader
July 1 - July 7,
2001
Friday,
July 6, 2001
Aboriginal fish plans deserve
notice
Miramichi Leader
June 24 - June 30,
2001
Thursday, June
28, 2001
Burnt Church elections scheduled for
August
By GAIL SAVOY
Miramichi Leader
Quota
needed for lobsters
Miramichi
Leader
June 17 - June 23,
2001
Tuesday, June
19, 2001
Dhaliwal happy with Big Cove prospects
Canadian Broadcasting System
June 10 - June 16,
2001
Wednesday, June
13, 2001
Christian group vows to keep peace during
tribal fishery off Nova Scotia
Associated
Press
June 03 - June 09,
2001
Thursday, June
7, 2001
Talks on aboriginal issues are a good
start
By LISA HRABLUK
Deal
called 'breakthrough'
Telegraph-Journal
Ottawa
favours talks on native fishery
By JOSIPA
PETRUNIC
Globe and Mail
Wednesday,
June 6, 2001
N.B.
reserve signs fishery deal Canadian Press
Canadian
Press
May 27 - June 02,
2001
Friday, June 1,
2001
Marshall Would Still Be Charged Despite
Landmark Ruling
Native fishery must still be regulated, DFO official says
By MICHAEL LIGHTSTONE
Halifax Herald
Natives
granted state-funded counsel
By GAIL
SAVOY
May 20 - May 26,
2001
Tuesday, May 22,
2001
Native
leader says conflict will continue until self-determination recognized
Canadian
Press
May 13 - May 19,
2001
Wednesday, May
16, 2001
Judge
rules Ottawa to pay for Burnt Church defendants
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
May 6 - May 12,
2001
Saturday, May
12, 2001
Five native bands relent, may accept Ottawa
rules
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star
Friday, May
11, 2001
Millbrook sets sail into future New
vessel launched as band negotiates fishing deal with Ottawa
By BRIAN MEDEL
- Yarmouth Bureau
Halifax Herald
Thursday, May
10, 2001
Burnt Church band refuses to negotiate
Canadian Press
Wednesday,
May 9, 2001
Ottawa wins deal with one First Nation,
but Burnt Church refuses to talk
By SUE BAILEY
Montreal Gazette
Sunday, May
6, 2001
Native man gets fine for assault during
N.B. lobster fishing dispute
Canadian
Press
Saturday, May
5, 2001
N.B. man to be jailed for Burnt Church
shooting
By KEVIN COX
The Globe and Mail
April 29 - May 5,
2001
Friday,
May 4, 2001
Ombudsman
may help solve Atlantic fishing disputes
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Thursday, May
3, 2001
Lobster catches slow - Cold water, slow-moving
lobster blamed for small catches
Times
& Transcript
Wednesday,
May 2, 2001
Season opens with little fanfare
By CHRIS MORRIS
Canadian Press
Last
lobster boats expected to head out to sea today
Telegraph-Journal
Tuesday, May
1, 2001
Spring lobster season
Canadian Press
Gulf
lobster stocks continue to hold with heavy fishing
By RON RYDER
The Guardian
Monday, April
30, 2001
N.B. fishermen head out for spring lobster
season
The Canadian
Press
April 22 - April
28, 2001
Thursday, April
26, 2001
Native chief calls for aboriginal unity
on fishing deals
Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation
N.S.
native urges chiefs to consider his battle before signing fish deals
By ALISON AULD
Canadian Press
Thursday, April
25, 2001
DFO expects relaxed start for lobsters
By NANCY WILLIS
The Guardian
Tuesday, April
24, 2001
Native leaders in Atlantic Canada
'cautiously' praise new fishing agreement
By ALISON
AULD
The Guardian
Chief
sees 'giant leap' in federal stance on native fisheries
Telegraph
Journal
Monday, April
23, 2001
'Breakthrough' in fish talks in doubt
By STEVE
PROCTOR
Halifax Herald
Ottawa,
native leaders agree on wording for fisheries deal
Telegraph Journal
Ottawa,
natives reach compromise on fishing
The Globe
and Mail
April 15 - April
21, 2001
Friday, April
20, 2001
Stock protection must be priority
Telegraph
Journal
April 8 - April
14, 2001
Monday, April
9, 2001
Ottawa's native agreements seen attempt
to reduce rights
By JIM DAY
The Guardian
Fewer
fishing deals likely
The
Daily Gleaner
Sunday, April
8, 2001
Tribal fishery changing traditional way of life for generations of
fishermen
By
MICHAEL TUTTON, Associated Press
Boston
Globe
April 1 - April
7, 2001
Friday, April
6, 2001
Controls debated as lobster season nears
Commercial fishermen seek major changes to the native food fishery
By CHRIS MORRIS
The Canadian Press
War
of words escalates over fishery LOBSTER: Non-natives want aboriginal
fishery part of regular spring season
By CHRIS
MORRIS
Telegraph Journal
Natives
must limit fishery to save stocks
Fishermen are universally unhappy with DFOs failure to control native
fishery
By CHARLES
PERRY
Times and Transcript
Thursday, April
5, 2001
Fishermen: Native fishery threatens industry
By CHRIS MORRIS
The Canadian Press
Fishermen,
natives talk
Moncton
Times and Transcript
Paul
sees some hope for deal on native fishery
By STEVE PROCTOR
The Chronicle Herald
Wednesday,
April 4, 2001
Lobster-dispute costs pegged at $13-million
The Globe
and Mail
Native
fisheries battle cost feds $13 million
The
Toronto Star
Monday, April
2, 2001
First Nations advised not to sign new
fishing agreements with Ottawa
Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation
Atlantic
natives say fishing agreements limit treaty rights, don't sign new
deals
Canadian Press
Atlantic
chiefs united against DFO
By PAUL BARNSLEY
Windspeaker
March 25 - March
31, 2001
Saturday, March
31, 2001
Natives hold out against temptation
BY KELLY TOUGHILL
The National Post
March 18 - March
24, 2001
Thursday, March
22, 2001
DFO fleet beefed up
By CAMPBELL MORRISON
The Daily Gleaner
Chiefs
delay signing fisheries deals
The
Daily Gleaner
Wednesday,
March 21, 2001
Atlantic chiefs still willing to talk
with Ottawa
CBC News
March 11 - March
17, 2001
March, 2001, Vol.18,
Issue 11
'Get
on board,' ministers warn
By Windspeaker Staff
Windspeaker
Wednesday,
March 14, 2001
Natives suspicious of fishing agreements
Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation
Tuesday, March
13, 2001
Burnt
Church band loses control over its finances - Not payback for fight
over lobster: Ottawa
By RICK MOFINA,
with files from The Canadian Press
National Post
March 04 - March
10, 2001
Saturday, March
10, 2001
Native bands reject bid for new fisheries
deal: Resistance grows to loss of treaty rights
The Canadian Press
Friday, March
9, 2001
Atlantic Indian tribes balk at signing
new fisheries deals with Ottawa
The Boston Globe
First
Nations work towards national fisheries strategy
First
Nations Messenger
March/April 2001
Volume 3, No. 2
Tuesday, March
6, 2001
Federal funding to repair wharf damaged
at N.B.'s Burnt Church
The Canadian
Press
February 25 - March
03, 2001
Wednesday, February
28, 2001
You can't ignore the past
By WILLIAM
JOHNSON
The Globe and Mail
Monday, February
26, 2001
Access to the Fisheries by Rights or
Agreements? Legal Beagles Issue Strong Warning to Atlantic Chiefs
By TEHALIWASKENHAS - BOB KENNEDY, Oneida Publisher
Turtle Island Native Network
February 18 - February
24, 2001
February 11 - February
17, 2001
Monday,
February 12, 2001
Training fishermen Dhaliwal's preference
The Globe
and Mail
Nova Scotia fishermen ask Ottawa to
take back tribes' lobster licenses
By ALISON
AULD
The Associated Press
February 04 - February
10, 2001
Saturday, February
10, 2001
Ottawa sets fishery strategy Dhaliwhal
aims at long-term agreements with Natives
By STEPHEN THORNE, FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES
London Free Press
Friday, February
9, 2001
Ottawa plans sweeping treaty, fishery
negotiations
The Toronto Star
Ottawa moves to end native fishing
fight
By VALERIE
LAWTON AND KELLY TOUGHILL
The Toronto Star
Ministers
Announce Negotiators, Process for Long-Term Response to Marshall
The Canadian Press, CCN
Thursday, February 8, 2001
Burnt Church chief calls for high level
talks
The Ottawa Citizen
Mi'kmaq can use lights for night
hunts, judge rules
The Ottawa
Citizen
Feds
provide $500M for native fishery, reserves
The Toronto
Star
Tuesday, February 6, 2001
Native leaders set stage for disaster
By ALISON
BLACKDUCK
The Toronto Star
January 28 - February
03, 2001
Saturday, February
3, 2001
Anger flares over native fishing: Coon
Come blasts top court for `cowardly judicial retreat'
By KELLY
TOUGHILL
Thursday, February 1, 2001
Native leaders want Ottawa - to accommodate
- not regulate fishery
Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation
Wednesday, January 31, 2001
Ottawa may spend $500M to expand native
fishery, reserves
By
ALISON AULD, Canadian Press
National Post
Tuesday, January 30, 2001
Federal
strategy for native fishery, reserves placed at $500 million - source
By ALISON
AULD, Canadian
Press
National Post
Feds to spend $500M on native fishery,
reserves
The Toronto
Star
Sunday, January
28, 2001
Canadian
natives try to find consensus in national fishing strategy
By
ALISON AULD, Canadian Press
National Post
January 21 - January
27, 2001
Thursday, January
25, 2001
N.B. premier suspicious of federal motives
in talks for modern native treaty
By CHRIS MORRIS,
Canadian Press
National Post
January 14 - January
20, 2001
Friday, January
19, 2001
Chief seeks resignation of Supreme Court
judge
Calgary Herald
Maritime treaty talk premature, says N.B.
leader
Canadian Press
Thursday, January
18, 2001
N.B. Premier says it's too soon to discuss
new treaties with Maritime natives
By CHRIS MORRIS
National Post
Wednesday, January 17, 2001
More native conflicts feared: memo: Cabinet
briefing urges long-term plan on hunting, fishing to prevent clashes
By RICK MOFINA
The Ottawa Citizen
Cabinet memo urges long-term native
solution: 'Failure to approve strategy would significantly increase
risk of conflicts'
By RICK MOFINA
The Ottawa Citizen
Indian
issues may spark new conflict, cabinet told
By RICK MOFINA
The Gazette (Montreal)
January 07 - January
13, 2001
Saturday,
January 13, 2001
Ottawa
proposing new treaties with natives
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Friday, January 12, 2001
Indian Affairs minister offering modern
treaty to NB chiefs
Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation
Thursday, January 11, 2001
Feuding fishers share wharf
The Gazette
(Montreal)
Wednesday,
January 10, 2001
By
ALISON AULD, Canadian
Press
The National Post
December 24 - December
30, 2000
Tuesday, December
26, 2000
Native
lobster dispute far from over
By CHRIS MORRIS
The London Free Press
December 17 - December
23, 2000
Friday, December
22, 2000
DFO investigating Burnt Church incident
CBC News
Monday December 18, 2000
Burnt Church not optimistic fishing dispute
with Ottawa will be resolved
Canadian Press
December 10 - December
16, 2000
Saturday, December
16, 2000
Fishers want compensation
The London
Free Press
Tuesday, December 12, 2000
Burnt Church reserve looking to curb poverty
CBC News
December 03 - December
09, 2000
Saturday, December
9, 2000
Mi'kmaq own entire Province, N.S. court
told
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star
Friday, December 8, 2000
Band says stand creates great pain
The Canadian Press
Thursday, December 7, 2000
Native and non-native fishermen calling for new fisheries minister
CBC News
November 12 - November
18, 2000
Friday,
November 17, 2000
Handout System Fails Aboriginal Canadians
By
RORY LEISHMAN
The London Free Press
November 05 - November
11, 2000
Friday, November
10, 2000
Native rights expert says Canada at crossroads
in relations with aboriginals
By CHRIS MORRIS
Canadian Press
Wednesday, November 8, 2000
WHY
I'M NOT CASTING A BALLOT NOV. 27
By ALISON BLACKDUCK
Toronto Star
Tuesday,
November 7, 2000
Fishing dispute campaign
issue for Alliance
CBC News Online
October 29 - November
04, 2000
Tuesday,
October 31, 2000
Opinion
By
NOAH AUGUSTINE
Toronto Star
October 22 - October
28, 2000
Saturday, October
28, 2000
Burnt
Church fishing dispute cost RCMP $2M
The Ottawa Citizen
Tuesday, October
24, 2000
The
Mi'kmaq free market lobster revolution
By LAWRENCE SOLOMON
National Post
Monday, October 23, 2000
Dhaliwal corrupted lobster dispute: MP
By JOHN CUMMINS
National Post
Saturday, October 21, 2000
'We'll
have Burnt Church Everywhere 'B.C. Aboriginal Affairs Minister Warns
of Consequences of Alliance Victory
Canadian Press
Monday, October 16, 2000
Seeking a leadership role: Ovide Mercredi's
high profile of late has raised speculation about the former First
Nations chief's political ambitions, writes Rick Mofina.
By RICK MOFINA
The Ottawa Sun
October 15 - October
21, 2000
Monday, October 15, 2000
Careful angling won't hurt salmon
By PIERRE D'AMOURS
Telegraph Journal
Miramichi
Association supports safe angling
By J.W. (BUD) BIRD
Telegraph Journal
Natives and anglers must co-operate
By BILL TAYLOR
Telegraph Journal
October 08 - October
14, 2000
Thursday,
October 12, 2000
Salmon anglers share the blame
Telegraph-Journal
Hearing set for Big Cove man?
Telegraph-Journal
Burnt Church could draw on American court
cases
N.B. law professor offers fishing dispute view
By JOHN CHILIBECK
Daily Gleaner / Summit News Service
Wednesday, October 11, 2000
Of native rights - and wrongs
Telegraph-Journal
Burnt Church fishermen might consider alternative to gillnet
By DERWIN GOWAN
Telegraph-Journal
October 10, 2000
Burnt
Church fishery would destroy stocks
By SHAWN NELSON
Telegraph-Journal
Dhaliwal
responds to critical column
By HERB
DHALIWAL, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Telegraph-Journal
Gill net crackdown pushed
CONSERVATION:
Opponents call the practice 'vicious'
By MARK REID
Telegraph-Journal
Dispute
looms over salmon fishing in N.B.
By STEWART BELL
National Post, with files from The Canadian Press
Property
rights for white fishermen too need
By LAWRENCE SOLOMON
National Post
Monday, October 09, 2000
DFO denies salmon seizure means new round
in fishing dispute
CBC News Online
Sunday,
October 8, 2000
Burnt Church troubles only just beginning
By GRAHAM
FRASER
The Toronto Star
October 01 - October
07, 2000
Saturday, October 07, 2000
N.B. native lobster season officially closes
CBC
News Online
Friday, October 06, 2000
DFO
says it will prosecute Burnt Church lobster buyers
CBC News Online
Thursday, October 05,
2000
Burnt
Church and Indian Brook
By OWEN WOODO
CBC News Online
Tuesday, October 3, 2000
Readers write - National Post
By G. Campbell McDonald
National Post
Dhaliwal: Lobster conservation 'first priority'
By HERB DHALIWAL
National Post
September 24 - September
30, 2000
Saturday,
September 30, 2000
Euripedes of the Arctic
By MARIAN BOTSFORD FRASER
The Globe and Mail
Ottawa's
lobster war against the Mi'kmaq
By
WILLIAM HIPWELL
National Post
Friday, September 29, 2000
Marshall leads fishing march
Man who sparked native rights fight breaks silence to urge Indians
on
By ALISON AULDA
Canadian Press
Natives chase DFO boats
Canadian Press
Lobster departure cools dispute in Miramichi
Bay
Fisheries officials say there are now no more than 300 native
traps left in the water
By CHRIS MORRIS
Canadian Press
DFO maintains presence near native lobster
traps
By STEPHEN THORNE
Canadian Press
Burnt Church natives hire lobbyist
Lawyer to contact federal officials in lobster dispute
By PAUL WALDIE and JAMES CUDMORE
National Post
Lobsters cool conflict by moving offshore
By KEVIN COX
The Globe and Mail
Thursday, September 28, 2000
Raids continue despite native pledge
Indian leaders join struggle as Ottawa moves to clear traps
By STEPHEN THORNE
Canadian Press
Wednesday, September 27, 2000
Burnt Church lobster fishery raids continue
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Fisheries officers chased by natives seize more traps
By GRAEME HAMILTON
National Post
Solution for Burnt Church
By HARVEY DORVAL
The Globe and Mail
Situation remains tense in Burnt Church
Canadian Press
Officials haul native traps from N.B. bay
No clashes as warrior boats, federal vessels play cat-and-mouse over
lobster catch
By STEPHEN THORNE
Canadian Press
Tuesday, September 26, 2000
Burnt Church may stop fishing within days
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Mercredi returns to Miramichi Bay
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Natives replace seized traps
Canadian Press
Trap raid aborted as gunfire heard
Fisheries officers say shots came from Burnt Church reserve
By GRAEME HAMILTON
National Post
Fishing fight flares up again
Armed warriors chase officers off Miramichi Bay
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
Lobster trap
Phony conservation claims and sharp dealing by the federal fisheries
minister foil justice for the natives of Burnt Church
By LAWRENCE SOLOMON
National Post
Monday, September 25, 2000
Fisheries officials execute bold
daylight raids
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Oka, part two
By P.J. MITCHELL
National Post
Tensions mount in N.B. fishing dispute
Women shaken by fishermen's anger as chief urges calm
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
More shooting as Fisheries moves in
Canadian Press
Sunday, September 24, 2000
Tensions cool, native support grows in
fishing dispute
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Federal boats hook native lobster traps
Miramichi Bay raid ends peacefully as cooler heads prevail
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
September 17 - September
23, 2000
Saturday,
September 23, 2000
Gun signals first shot in fishing war
Commercial boat hit by bullet near Burnt Church
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
Three arrested after shots fired on Miramichi Bay
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Native militancy blamed on courts in
RCMP report
By STEWART BELL
National Post
For good faith
By FRANCES DEVERALL
National Post
Non-native says his boat shot by native
fishermen
Aboriginals deny shooting, call it a ploy to force action by fisheries
officers
By GRAEME HAMILTON
National Post
Shooting alleged in fish dispute
By KEVIN COX AND DEBORAH NOBES
The Globe and Mail
Friday, September 22, 2000
Aboriginal anger over Burnt Church spreads
By DIRK MEISSNER
Canadian Press
Natives get lobster ultimatum
Dhaliwal orders all traps removed from Miramichi Bay today
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
Natives behind dispute 'go way back'
Leaders Coon Come, Mercredi cut from the same cloth
By STEWART BELL
National Post
Tension rises at Bunt Church as deadline
nears
Warriors vow to take 'counter-action' if Ottawa removes traps
By GRAEME HAMILTON and JUSTINE HUNTER
National Post
Thursday, September 21, 2000
Mi'kmaq given 24 hours to pull traps
Canadian Press
Talks collapse in fishery dispute
Mediator goes home:Native leader calls for prayer as Burnt Church
prepares for violence
By GRAEME HAMILTON
National Post
Ottawa sets Friday deadline
Canadian Press
Burnt Church deal falls apart over boat
By DEBORAH NOBES and MARK MACKINNON
Special to The Globe and Mail; with a report from Mark MacKinnon
Native fishery talks collapse as mediator
leaves
By ALLISON DUNFIELD
Globe and Mail Update with Canadian Press
Lobster peace slipping away
Miramichi Bay talks stall as Rae leaves town and Ottawa talks
tough
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
Wednesday,September 20, 2000
Burnt Church natives agree to lobster deal
Mediator Bob Rae calls agreement `significant step'
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
Deal brokered by Rae could end N.B.
fishery dispute
Burnt Church natives agree to remove 'substantial number' of lobster
traps
By GRAEME HAMILTON, with files from JUSTINE HUNTER
National Post
No retreat from Burnt Church
Memo to Mr. Dhaliwal: The time has come to pull out the traps
By TITCH DHARAMSI
National Post
Natives agree to Rae proposal
Band members to help fisheries officers count and remove untagged
lobster traps
By DEBORAH NOBES
Special to The Globe and Mail with a report from Brian Laghi in Ottawa.
Deal reached in lobster dispute
Rae brokers last-minute agreement that may end standoff near Burnt
Church
By DEBORAH NOBES
Special to The Globe and Mail with a report from Brian Laghi in Ottawa.
Crossing the aboriginal divide
By JEFFREY SIMPSON
The Globe and Mail
Tuesday, September 19, 2000
Deadline today for N.B. fishing agreement
Nearing 'end of the line'
By PAUL WALDIE
National Post, with files from The Canadian Press
No end in sight
Even if Bob Rae gets a ceasefire today in Miramichi, the struggle
over fishing rights will continue, says veteran treaty negotiator
By TOM ISSAC
The Globe and Mail
Fisheries settlement a longshot, locals say
Today's deadline increases tensions
By DEBORAH NOBLES
With reports from Kevin Cox in Halifax and Shawn McCarthy in Ottawa.
Rae sets deadline to end fish dispute
Hope for peaceful settlement fades as negotiations stall
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
Monday, September 18, 2000
Rae sets deadline for fishery settlement
By DEBORAH NOBES
Special to The Globe and Mail
2 sides in fish dispute prepare for war
N.B. natives call Rae's final proposal `insult'
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
September 10 - September
16, 2000
Friday,
September 15, 2000
Rae strikes tentative deal in Miramichi Bay
dispute
Ex-Ontario premier to present proposal to fishery officials
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
Thursday, September 14, 2000
New Brunswick: Chief alleges endangerment
National Post
Wrong man, wrong job
National Post
Burnt Church: Learn from us
As Mi'kmaq fishermen defy federal fisheries officials and Bob
Rae attempts to resolve the standoff, U.S. aboriginal activists say there
are lessons to be learned from their experience
By DEBRA McNUTT, ANDREW GOKEE, AND ZOLTAN GROSSMAN
The Globe and the Mail
30 natives occupy fisheries office
Women, children protest Miramichi Bay raids, arrests
By CHRIS MORRIS
Canadian Press
Wednesday, September 13, 2000
Clash on the water raises tension at Burnt
Church
Boats seized, 16 arrested: Native mood sours just as Rae begins
to mediate
By GRAEME HAMILTON
National Post, with files from The Canadian Press
14 arrested, boats seized in Miramichi Bay violence
Federal raids make Bob Rae's mediating job `difficult'
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
Tuesday, September 12, 2000
Rae to mediate at Burnt Church
Time running out: Dhaliwal drops demand that natives stop fishing
By GRAEME HAMILTON
National Post
September 03
- September 09, 2000
Monday,
September 04, 2000
Faceoff at sea in lobster feud
Non-natives sail into area full of Mi`kmaq traps
The Toronto Star
August
27 - September 02, 2000
Wednesday,
August 30, 2000
Ottawa flotilla sinks native boats
Fisheries officers remove 900 `illegal' lobster traps during Miramichi
boat duel
By CHRIS MORRIS
Canadian Press
Tuesday, August 29, 2000
Ovide Mercredi jumps into fish war: `I've
never seen a white man flee from Indians before'
More violence feared after minister bolts
By CHRIS MORRIS
Canadian Press
August
20 - August 26, 2000
Friday,
August 25, 2000
Real issues lost in lobster dispute
The Toronto Star
Thursday, August 24, 2000
Native-rights cases to cost `multiple billions'
Lawyer expects next claims will be for oil-gas royalties
By MICHAEL TUTTON
Canadian Press
Wednesday, August 23, 2000
Of course, Canada must regulate Indian
fishery
By RICHARD GWYN
The Toronto Star
Violence shatters lobster truce
Fisheries officer may need plastic surgery after attack
By TONDA MacCHARLES
Toronto Star Ottawa Bureau
Tuesday, August 22, 2000
Not to forget Burnt Church good news
By NOAH AUGUSTINE
The Toronto Star
Monday, August 21, 2000
Violence feared as fishing row spreads east
Focus in lobster dispute shifts to N.S.; Band Chief 'worries about
a tragedy'
By SUSAN BOURETTE and MARK MACKINNON
The Globe and Mail
Sunday, August 20, 2000
Boyhood pals rock boat on Miramichi Bay
Friends show tough leadership in fishing war
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
August 13 - August
19, 2000
Saturday,
August 19, 2000
Lobster war shifts to Nova Scotia
Traps seized, 4 arrested after backdown in N.B.
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
Friday, August 18, 2000
Coon Come offers natives support before lobster
lunch
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
Thursday, August 17, 2000
No truce on choppy waters
Fisheries staff spurn Mi'kmaq `cooling-off' offer
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
Wednesday, August 16, 2000
Miramichi's war of words
Ottawa talks tough as N.B. natives vow to continue fishing
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
Tuesday, August 15, 2000
The angry face of Miramichi Bay
Fishing dispute escalates as native warriors keep vigil at barricades
on N.B. reserve
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
Monday, August 14, 2000
Fish dispute in N.B. turns ugly
Natives block highway, say federal officers seized traps at gunpoint
The Toronto Star
August
06 - August 12, 2000
Saturday, August 12, 2000
Natives follow own course
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
Defiant natives resume lobster fishing
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
Friday, August 11, 2000
Natives gear up for lobster fight
Burnt Church issues 3,000 tags for traps officials vow to seize
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
Thursday, August 10, 2000
Burnt Church natives reject lobster deal
308-28 vote sets stage for new fight over fishery
By KELLY TOUGHILL
Toronto Star Atlantic Canada Bureau
June
04 - June 10, 2000
Wednesday,
June 7, 2000
Hopes for fishing deal fade as Dhaliwal and
natives cancel meeting
Canadian Press
May
28 - June 03, 2000
Friday, June 2,
2000
Native lobster dispute simmers, traps seized
London Free Press
Thursday,
June 1, 2000
Disputed lobster fishery turning into cat
and mouse game
Canadian
Press
May
14 - May 20, 2000
Saturday, May 20,
2000
Mi'kmaq fishermen in New Brunswick continue
to set traps with their own tags
Canadian Press
Thursday, May 18, 2000
Groups back native fishery
The London Free Press
Thursday, May 18, 2000
Let the natives run fishery, Ottawa told
The Toronto Star
No deal in sight to settle dispute over
native lobster fishery
Canadian Press
Wednesday, May 17, 2000
Groups urge feds to allow native management
of lobster fishery
Canadian Press
May
07 - May 13, 2000
Monday, May 8, 2000
Indians defy lobster rules
By CHRIS MORRIS
The Gazette (Montreal)
Female fishers place lobster traps
The London Free Press
Sunday, May 7,
2000
Lobster tussle
The Calgary Sun
Fishery tensions rise as native traps
seized
The London Free Press
Defiant native fishermen test Ottawa's
resolve in lobster fishery
Canadian Press
April
30 - May 06, 2000
Monday, May 6, 2000
Tensions heating up in native fishery
Canadian Press
Monday, May 1, 2000
Burnt Church heats up, again
The Edmonton Sun
Lobster fishery still festering: Although
season has started calmly, aboriginal communities are divided
By CHRIS MORRIS
The Gazette (Montreal)
Calm belies tension at lobster fishery
By CHRIS MORRIS
The London Free Press
Sunday, April 30, 2000
Tensions lurk beneath calm surface of lobster
fishery
By CHRIS MORRIS
Canadian Press
Lobster season opens peacefully: Natives,
non-natives return to last year's Atlantic troublespot
By CHRIS MORRIS
The Ottawa Citizen
Fishers hope for lobsters not trouble
The London Free Press
April
23 - April 29, 2000
Saturday, April
29, 2000
Peace reigns as fishing begins after last
fall's violent lobster wars, 'Nobody wants trouble'
By KELLY TOUGHILL
The Toronto Star
Grumbling, complaining but no trouble
as lobster season opens
Canadian Press
Peaceful opening to lobster season pleases
Fisheries officials
Canadian Press
Friday, April 28, 2000
Lobster season opening may test forces of
law and order: Fishery challenges native and non-native fishermen to reach
some sort of accommodation to share the resource
By CHRIS MORRIS
The Vancouver Sun
Fishermen want lobsters, not trouble,
as spring season opens
Canadian Press
Thursday, April 27, 2000
Lobster season will test native, non-native
relations
Canadian Press
April
02- April 08, 2000
Tuesday, April 4,
2000
Burnt Church natives vow to regulate own
lobster fishery
Canadian Press
Monday,
April 3, 2000
Christians want to calm fishery waters
STEVE MACLEOD, The Canadian Press
The Calgary Herald
Religious group to monitor fishery
The London Free Press
'God's referees' enter fish dispute
The Ottawa Citizen
Sunday, April 2, 2000
Religious group sends 'peacekeeping team'
to observe native fishery
Canadian Press
March
26 - April 01, 2000
Monday, March 27,
2000
New Brunswick
The Toronto Star
Sunday, March 26, 2000
Natives refuse to sign agreement, vow to
fish after meeting minister
Canadian Press
March
12 - March 18, 2000
Wednesday, March
15, 2000
N.B. Natives quit talks, 'Going to fish'
By CHRIS MORRIS, Canadian Press
The London Free Press
Native fish talks break down in Atlantic
Canada
The Ottawa Citizen
Tuesday, March 14, 2000
Defiant native fishermen vow to ignore Ottawa
and set own rules
Canadian Press
March
05 - March 11, 2000
Sunday, March 5,
2000
More violence feared
Catholic New Times
February
27 - March 04, 2000
Thursday, March
2, 2000
Native fishermen who lost thousands of lobster
traps during a skirmish with non-natives last fall reacted with anger
to news the vandals were fined a mere $400: Burnt Church reserve
Canadian Press
February
20 - February 26, 2000
Monday, February
21, 2000
RCMP predicted treaty ruling would cause
violence
By RICK MOFINA
The Ottawa Citizen
November
07 - November 13, 1999
Tuesday, November
9, 1999
Not guilty pleas in fish fight
Canadian Press
October
31 - November 06, 1999
Monday, November
1, 1999
Natives respect end of lobster season to
lobster season
Canadian Press
Traps
removed
The Edmonton Sun
N.B. Indians end fishery
The Gazette (Montreal)
Natives pulling out lobster traps
The London Free Press
Sunday, October
31, 1999
Burnt
Church and broken promises: how a community can heal
By KERRY KELLY
Catholic New Times
October
17 - October 23, 1999
Saturday, October
23, 1999
Foundering on rocky logic the Supreme Court's
ruling in the Marshall Case defies reason
By BARRY COOPER AND DAVID BERCUSON
The London Free Press
Friday, October
22, 1999
Natives to observe commercial season
Canadian Press
Monday, October 18, 1999
Talks on, as Canadian fish war simmers
United Press International
Beyond Burnt Church: the lobster war
escalates into a national debate over native traditions and special rights
By JOHN
DEMONT WITH JOHN GEDDES
Maclean's
October
10 - October 16, 1999
Friday, October 15, 1999
All
sides happy with mediator in lobster war
By CHRIS MORRIS
Canadian Press
Thursday, October
14, 1999
Animosity growing in native communities
By CHRIS MORRIS AND ALISON AULD
Canadian Press
Tuesday, October 12, 1999
Reserve's women set traps as Indians defy
lobster curbs
By AMY CAMERON and MARK REID
The Gazette (Montreal)
Bands
flout new lobster rules
By KELLY TOUGHILL
The Toronto Star
Police charge 25, as fish war subsides
United Press International
Monday, October 11, 1999
Ottawa imposes strict fishing limit on reserves
By ANDREW DUFFY
The Calgary Herald
Natives defy lobster limits
The London Free Press
Solution to fish crisis satisfies neither
side
By VALERIE LAWTON
The Toronto Star
Dhaliwal puts new limits on native lobster
fishery: But two native bands in the conflict vow to ignore the fisheries
minister's edict.
By ANDREW DUFFY
The Vancouver Sun
Sunday, October 10, 1999
Mother Nature keeps natives on shore
By CHRIS MORRIS, CANADIAN PRESS
The Calgary Herald
Weather foils defiant natives
The London Free Press
Weather forces break in fishing protest
By VALERIE LAWTON
The Toronto Star
Communities torn asunder in lobster
war
By VALERIE LAWTON
The Toronto Star
Natives promise to defy new fishing
rules
By CASSANDRA SZKLARSKI AND BRIAN DALY
Canadian Press
Ottawa to allow limited native fishery
By LEANNE YOHEMAS-HAYES
Canadian Press
October
03- October 09, 1999
Saturday,
October 9, 1999
Uneasy calm prevails as Mi'kmaqs set traps:
More talks urged as holdout band members defy moratorium on fishing
By RICK MOFINA
Ottawa Citizen
Defiant natives foiled by bad weather
By CHRIS MORRIS
Canadian Press
Burnt Church natives ignore plea to stop
fishing
By RICK MOFINA
Calgary Herald
Friday, October 8, 1999
Aboriginal fishermen reject chiefs' plea:
The call for a self-imposed moratorium on fishing has been rejected because
''to do anything else would be criminal,'' Burnt Church First Nation controller
says.
By RICK MOFINA
The Gazette (Montreal)
Natives
say moratorium won't swim
Canadan
Press
Natives return to sea
Canadian Press
Hope
fades for peaceful end to Native-fishery dispute
By KELLY TOUGHILL and VALERIE LAWTON
The Toronto Star
Native
fishermen vow to return to lobster grounds: The moratorium is expected
to end when new traps arrive to replace those destroyed by non- aboriginals.
The Vancouver
Sun
Thursday, October
7, 1999
Burnt Church natives promise revenge for
sabotaged traps
By COLIN GREY
The Ottawa Citizen
Indians resume lobster fishery as solution
eludes Dhaliwal
The Vancouver Sun
Natives vow to fight voluntary moratorium
on lobster fishing
The Vancouver Sun
New Brunswick natives vow to continue
fishing
By CHRIS MORRIS and CASSANDRA SZKLARSKI
Canadian Press
Wednesday, October 6, 1999
Trade rights: Lawmaking courts goofed in
fishery regulations ruling
Calgary Herald
Fish dispute creates mood of suspicion:
Feelings harden amid burnings, vandalism
By COLIN GREY
The Ottawa Citizen
Residents living under 'state of siege':
Vandalism, mistrust kill neighbourly relations
By ALISON AULD
The Ottawa Citizen
Both sides blame greed for fish war
By KELLY TOUGHILL
The Toronto Star
Preferential rights lead to chaos
The Vancouver Sun
Moratorium proposal infuriates Burnt
Church natives
By ALISON AULD
Canadian Press
Jittery non-native residents fear for
safety
By ALISON AULD
Canadian Press
Tuesday, October 5, 1999
Native warriors take control of wharf: Fishermen
poised to defy Ottawa's attempt to close down fishery
By RICK MOFINA
The Calgary Herald
Tensions simmer in East Coast fish feud:
Minister threatens to shut fishery if violence continues
By RICK MOFINA
The Gazette (Montreal)
Native fishermen want RCMP protection:
Two sides seek to ease tensions
By RICK MOFINA
The Ottawa Citizen
Tensions high in fish war
By KELLY TOUGHILL
The Toronto Star
Monday, October 4, 1999
Lobster pot boils over: Non-Indians pull unlicensed traps from N.B. waters
By MIKE TENSZEN and ALISON AULD (CP)
The Gazette (Montreal)
Lobster war boils over, three injured
in N.B. : Trucks burned, traps destroyed in dispute over fishing rights
By KELLY TOUGHILL
The Toronto Star
Tensions high in Atlantic fish fight
By ALISON AULD
Canadian Press
Sunday, October 3, 1999
Ottawa
slow to react to fishery ruling
The
London Free Press
September
26 - October 02, 1999
Friday,
October 1, 1999
Fisheries and Oceans: Minister Dhaliwal
Provides Update Statement on Marshall Case Ruling
Canadian
Press
Dhaliwal
to propose fish accord: Minister caught in struggle over native fishing
rights
The Ottawa
Citizen
Thursday, September
30, 1999
East Coast Indians to keep fishing
By RICK MOFINA
The Gazette (Montreal )
Keep
fishing, chiefs tell Atlantic Indians: Critics say the Supreme Court of
Canada has handed aboriginals unfettered access to fragile fishery resources.
By CHRIS MORRIS
The Vancouver Sun
Wednesday, September 29, 1999
Marshall urges calm over fishing rights
The London Free Press
Fishing rights
The Toronto Star
Native urges talks to avoid fishing
war
By KELLY TOUGHILL
The Toronto Star
Tuesday, September 28, 1999
Marshall urges fishermen to remain calm
By ALISON AULD
Canadian Press
Monday, September 27, 1999
Fisheries and Oceans: Dhaliwal Provides Update
Following Marshall Case Ruling
Canadian Press
Fishermen give N.S. one week to curb Indians'
lobster-trapping
The Gazette (Montreal)
Worth
repeating, Marshall ruling now means negotiation
The Toronto
Star
September
19 - September 25, 1999
Wednesday, September
22, 1999
Micmac go fishing following top court's
ruling
Calgary Herald
Ruling revives Native fishery on east
coast
By KEVIN CARMICHAEL
The London Free Press
Micmacs start fishing after high court
ruling
The Toronto Star
Tuesday, September 21, 1999
Donald Marshall ruling cited in N.B. logging
case
By CHRIS MORRIS
The Gazette (Montreal)
A right so wrong
The Ottawa Citizen
Monday, September 20, 1999
Fisheries
and Oceans: Dhaliwal Makes Statement on Marshall Case Ruling
Canadian Press
September
12 - September 18, 1999
Saturday, September
18, 1999
Treaty signed in 1760 still valid, says
top court
The Calgary Herald
N.S. Natives' win on fishing a legal landmark
By ALISON AULD
The London Free Press
It's law victory No. 2 for battling
Marshall
By CHRIS COBB
Calgary Herald
Landmark win for Micmacs: High-court ruling
sets standard for treaty interpretation
By RICK MOFINA
The Gazette (Montreal)
High court upholds native treaty rights:
Donald Marshall not guilty of trapping eels without a licence, judges
rule
By RICK MOFINA
The Ottawa Citizen
'I don't want to see the Supreme Court
again': Donald Marshall Jr. fought the law twice. Yesterday, he won again.
By CHRIS COBB
The Ottawa Citizen
Micmacs hail supreme court victory
KELLY TOUGHILL and VALERIE LAWTON
The Toronto Star
Top court upholds 1760 aboriginal treaty:
The ruling in favour of native rights could establish a new approach to
treaty disputes.
By RICK MOFINA
The Vancouver Sun
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