Mi'kmaq Matters

Talks between the government, developer, and Qalipu about a new proposed wind farm went of for weeks before the public found out what was in the works. This week, we speak with Marilyn Rowe of the Environmental Transparency Committee about the reaction and potential effects on the community.

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A fish farm expansion, a gold mine approved, and a mammoth windmill project. With our two chiefs in bed with the provincial government, we need a strategy to bring Mi'kmaq people together to do what our leaders refuse to do: defend our land and water.

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Residents at public meeting with Mowi Canada East express concerns about size of project and impact on natural environment.

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Mi'kmaw leaders say their concerns over impact on salmon and other species from fossil fuel project off Newfoundland were ignored and regulators did not live up to their duty to consult. 

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A plan to place 164 wind turbines on the Port au Port Peninsula will not only affect humans who live in the area but also rare species of plants and birds, says Jasen Benwah, Chief of Benoit First Nation and Port au Port ward councillor for Qalipu First Nation.

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Authors Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins assemble a damning dossier about sea-based aquaculture in their new book Salmon Wars: The Dark Underbelly of Our Favourite Fish, whose research took them to Miawpukek First Nation on the NL South Coast. 

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Amid the continued silence from Ottawa on the much-awaited deal to return Qalipu status veterans and RCMP to the band, we check in on two lawsuits that might end up in overturning of notorious supplemental agreement. 

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If Blaine Higgs tries to start fracking in New Brunswick once again, he's very likely to see the same resistance from First Nations and other land defenders that rocked the province nearly a decade ago.

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Breathe the same air, walk on the same earth, and connect with the ancestors in the most profound way: through our land. 

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The town of Burgeo looks to combine aquaculture with what has been a decades-long push to establish a marine conservation area on the south coast. We ask former mayor Barbara Barter if it's a feasible plan or a toxic tangle waiting to happen.

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