Qalipu First Nation has claimed that it had no advance warning of herbicide spraying by Emera on power lines that pass through a popular berry-picking. It has since emerged, however, that the band received multiple notices about the spraying over the past four months and did nothing to stop it. The herbicide has made hundreds of gallons of blueberries and bakeapples unfit to eat. This week, Greg Janes of the Burgeo Band of Indians wants answers, and Norm Strickland Sr.—who has been picking berries in the area for more than 40 years—worries about runoff into nearby brooks and the impact on the area's birds and caribou.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.