"Policing in Nova Scotia is within provincial jurisdiction," Blair said in a statement released Saturday. The minister added that Nova Scotia RCMP had "increased their police presence in the affected area each day." Nova Scotia RCMP have deemed the blaze suspicious and said a man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries. The fishery is operating outside the federally mandated commercial season, causing many commercial lobster fishermen to worry about its impact on lobster conservation. Like, 300 commercial fishermen on the wharf, 40 or 50 of us [and] 12 officers," Sack said during a news conference Saturday.

Source: CBC News October 17, 2020 21:18 UTC