Timely and appropriate to include Mi kmaq in P E I land use decisions, says chief cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Posted: Apr 30, 2021 6:59 PM AT | Last Updated: April 30
Boats sit in the yard at Abegweit First Nation. Community members there already fish in the commercial fishing season, but both Abegweit and Lennox Island intend to launch seperate moderate livelihood fisheries.(Nicola MacLeod/CBC)
The Epekwitk Assembly of Councils say they are continuing to consult with their community members and consider all information before launching what the First Nations call their treaty protected, or moderate livelihood, fisheries.
Separate from the commercial fishery for which the season starts next week the right of the Mi kmaq to fish and sell their catch was first established in treaties signed in the 1700s, predating Canada as a nation. Those treaties have since been affirmed under Section 35 of the Constitution and applied in decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada.
The US is First to Vaccinate 100 Million Published April 4th, 2021 - 08:05 GMT
A health worker administers a dose of the BioNTech/Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic set up inside the Derby Arena at Pride Park in Derby, Derbyshire in the UK. AFP
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100 million people take vaccinations becoming the first nation to do so.
The United States reaped the fruits of its vaccination campaign against Covid-19 on Friday with 40 per cent of the population having received their first jab as it became the first nation to reach 100 million people with shots.
But Europe s roll-out has faced fresh obstacles in recent days. Only 10 per cent of Europe s total population, around 75million people, has received one vaccine dose, and four per cent, around 30 million people, have received two, according to the World Health Organization.
Lennox Island First Nation kicks off COVID-19 vaccination clinics cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
First Nations groups, Charlottetown council differ on Sir John A. Macdonald statue
Pedestrian walk past a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald in Charlottetown on Monday, March 4, 2019. nbsp; THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan January 29, 2021 - 10:18 AM
CHARLOTTETOWN - First Nations groups and Charlottetown city council are at odds over how to deal with a statue of Canada s first prime minister.
Members of the Epekwitk Assembly of Councils â which represents the Abegweit and Lennox Island First Nations â say they want more than just modifications to an existing plaque next to the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald. We understood when we were asked for input following the city s decision to keep the statue last summer, that we were to provide recommendations on how that statue could be offset to address the situation, in keeping with reconciliation objectives, says a letter signed by the chiefs of the two First Nations and sent to the city Thur