The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has given a commercial fishing wharf in Nova Scotia to a First Nations entity over objections from the local harbour authority. Ownership of the Tickle Wharf in Canso was transferred this spring for $1 to the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs. The transfer was opposed by the Canso Harbour Authority, which manages the small but historic port on the province's Eastern Shore. "We had the lease in place since we formed the harbour authority and the wharf was being used by the local fishers. The wharf in Canso is the second recent transfer to First Nations in Nova Scotia.

Source: CBC News May 06, 2021 09:00 UTC