— Richard Gillett is a bull of a man, with hands that make the bottle of water he’s holding look small. On Wednesday, this tough-guy Newfoundland fisherman, known for his three seasons on the reality show Cold Water Cowboys, fought back tears outside the federal fisheries headquarters in St. John’s. He started a hunger strike last Thursday, and has slept in a tent here in freezing temperatures and biting winds every night since. About 50 demonstrators streamed into federal fisheries headquarters in St. John’s earlier this month after kicking in the Plexiglas window of a locked door. He wants him to eat, but also stressed that he supports his push for change at Fisheries and Oceans.

Source: National Post April 19, 2017 21:59 UTC