Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said today that Mi'kmaw fishermen in Nova Scotia have been "let down by police" following incidents of violence in the province's southwest over the Sipekne'katik band's lobster fishery. Two lobster facilities in southwest Nova Scotia were targeted and vandalized by commercial fishermen last week. lobster fishery standoff 2:33 The tense standoff between Mi'kmaw lobster fishers and commercial fishermen saw a dangerous acceleration over the weekend, with the burning of a lobster storage facility where Mi'kmaw fishers were storing their catches. That presence includes a number of Indigenous officers from Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, he said. Commercial fishermen in Nova Scotia have been protesting the fishery launched by Sipekne'katik First Nation last month.

Source: CBC News October 19, 2020 15:37 UTC