The Caplin brothers are on the front lines of the Micmac fight for economic sovereignty. By Dispensing Freedom February 6th, 2022 Near the mouth of the Restigouche River, between the border of New Brunswick and Quebec in the Bay of Chaleur, lies Ugpi’ganjig, or Eel River Bar First Nation. This Micmac* community belongs to the sovereign,…
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RCMP raid Bear Buds in Eskasoni to enforce provincial laws on Indigenous lands
Bear Buds in Eskasoni First Nation, Mi’kmaw territory was raided by the RCMP detachment in Eskasoni on Thursday, Jan 18, 2023 at around noon. Several armed RCMP officers came in two vehicles to the store and attempted to force their way in as employees barred their entry. An officer claiming to be a “provincial inspector,”…
RCMP and Provincial Tax Collectors raid Sovereign Mi’kmaq smoke shop
On Wednesday, Oct 6th, the RCMP escorted Charles Naugle, a Fuel and Tobacco Officer of Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services, into Cole Harbour, a district of Millbrook First Nation, where he and another officer proceeded to confiscate tobacco products sold at the High Grade Smoke Shop.
Op-ed: RCMP raids on Millbrook First Nation cannabis dispensaries must stop
By Margie Ann Cook | The Nova Scotia Advocate | June 5, 2021 Millbrook First Nation – Since the legalization of marijuana in Nova Scotia in 2018 several entrepreneurs in our community opened up shops as dispensaries and started selling cannabis products. Recently the RCMP raided and shut down three stores and removed two of them stating concerns and…
RCMP raid unlicensed Cole Harbour cannabis dispensaries
Jack Julian · CBC News · Posted: Dec 23, 2020 9 people arrested and charged under federal Cannabis Act Nine people were arrested Wednesday after the RCMP raided five unlicensed cannabis dispensaries in the Halifax area. Police say they seized a “significant quantity” of cannabis, cannabis products and cash from the dispensaries on Caldwell Road in Cole Harbour. The businesses operated on…
Cannabis products seized from Millbrook shops
by Fram Dinshaw | Truro Daily | Dec 20th 2019 MILLBROOK, N.S. — RCMP officers conducted raids on shops in Millbrook on Wednesday and say charges are pending after cannabis products and paraphernalia were seized. But, Matt Cope, the owner of one location, said he is seeking answers after his cannabis products were seized without a…
RCMP seize ‘significant quantity’ of cannabis products from Millbrook shop
by Harry Sullivan | Truro Daily | Oct 30 2019 MILLBROOK, N.S. — The owner of a cannabis shop in Millbrook, who has been publicly vocal about his operations, had his products seized in an RCMP raid late Tuesday afternoon. But Robert Wilmot, who is adamant that he is operating legally under his Indigenous rights, said the Mounties…
Spot checks are targeted, says Millbrook cannabis proprietor
by Harry Sullivan | Truro Daily | Oct 24th 2019 MILLBROOK, N.S. — Recent RCMP spot checks conducted in Millbrook, according to one shop owner, were set up specifically to target non-natives who are purchasing cannabis products on the reserve. “They’re telling the non-natives to stop and they’re searching their cars and stuff and they tell the…
A year later, Mi’kmaw cannabis vendors still in ‘legal limbo’ in Nova Scotia
Nic Meloney · CBC News · Posted: Oct 17, 2019 ‘I think this is a simple fix, should the province choose to act,’ Millbrook chief writes to premier. It’s been a full year since cannabis was legalized, but Mi’kmaw dispensary owners in Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia still have no clarity on the legality of their businesses. First Nations…
Millbrook chief says on-reserve pot sellers aren’t protected by treaty rights
Harry Sullivan · Multimedia Journalist | Saltwire | Aug. 16, 2019 Chief would ‘absolutely’ support RCMP enforcement MILLBROOK, N.S. — There is no treaty agreement that supports the unauthorized sale of cannabis on Nova Scotia’s First Nation reserves and the current “trafficking” operations are no different than bootlegging alcohol, Millbrook’s chief says. “There is no treaty…