Indigenous affairs minister says he wants to find ways to integrate First Nation pot sales into the provincial system From The Telegraph-Journal by John Chilibek Local Journalism Initiative May 13 2026 It turns out more than one provincial cabinet minister recently toured a First Nation pot facility that would eventually be raided by the RCMP….
Membertou forges ahead with own cannabis law while seeking federal recognition
Retired Canadian senator Dan Christmas pushing for Cannabis Act changes From CBC by Tom Ayers May 11 2026 Membertou First Nation is pressing ahead with its own cannabis law, amid a Nova Scotia crackdown on unlicensed retail outlets and federal government indifference over self-government rights. Retired Canadian senator Dan Christmas, appointed to engage his home…
RCMP cannabis raids won’t ‘hamper’ N.B. First Nations pot sale discussions: minister
From GlobalNews via The Canadian Press by Eli Ridder May 8 2026 New Brunswick’s Indigenous Affairs minister says he isn’t worried a recent series of raids by the RCMP in three different provinces will derail his negotiations with First Nations to improve controls over the sale of cannabis products. The April 26 raids targeted what…
AFN National Chief Calls on Canada to Make Changes to Cannabis Act, Align with UN Declaration and Expert Panel Recommendations
Press release from AFN May 7 2026 (May 7, 2026 – Mi’kmaq Territory) – Speaking to a Nova Scotia Chiefs Leadership Gathering, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak called on the federal government to finally make changes to the federal Cannabis Act to align with the United Nations Declaration Act and recommendations from the March 2024…
How a tiny First Nations community in N.S. is grappling with the burning issue of cannabis
Glooscap First Nation is consulting before a vote on its first cannabis law From CBC by Elizabeth Chiu April 13 2026 n a road leading to the Glooscap First Nation, a community of a few dozen homes near Hantsport, N.S., a sign points to the band administration office. Next to it, a placard with cannabis leaves…
Become a Treaty Protector! Uphold Mi’kmaw rights and the Canadian Constitution!
The first training session for Treaty Enforcers will be held at 5pm on Tuesday, April 14th in Epekwitk (Charlottetown, PEI.) In Nova Scotia, PEI, and New Brunswick, provincial governments are unlawfully repressing Mi’kmaw truckhouses which have a lawful, treaty based authorization to “have free liberty to bring for Sale to Halifax or any other Settlement……
First Nations set up highway protests after Nova Scotia RCMP raid Potlotek cannabis dispensary
From The Halifax Examiner by Suzanne Rent April 3 2026 Dozens of members of Sipekne’katik First Nation and Millbrook First Nation organized protests on Thursday morning within hours of the news that Nova Scotia RCMP raided a cannabis dispensary on Potlotek First Nation.* Heavily armed RCMP officers raided the Sikku Shop on Highway 4 around 7:30am. A…
Re: Ongoing RCMP Actions Against Mi’kmaq Peoples – A second open letter to Supt. Jason Popik
March 22, 2026 Dear RCMP Superintendent Popik, I feel it incumbent upon me to state clearly that this letter is directed at the institutional culture of the RCMP. There are certainly many good RCMP officers in the force; however, there are also those who do not reflect the values the public would expect of its…
How did we get here? A concise, unvarnished account of the history of the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Canada – Interim Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples April 2019
“In December 2016, the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples (the Committee) agreed to undertake an ambitious three-part study to identify concrete steps that thefederal government could take to move towards a new relationship with First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples. For more than 150 years, Canadian policies and legislation attempted tocontrol Indigenous Peoples and…
An open letter to RCMP Supt. Jason Popik from Brian Dorey of Sipekne’katik
February 27, 2026 Dear Supt. Jason Popik, Following the “license inspection” operation your members conducted on unceded Mi’kmaq aboriginal rights and title lands – lands that have a proven continuous use and occupancy by the Mi’kmaq for 6,500 years – you felt compelled to put out a media statement in which you denigrated the collective…