Crown Prosecutor Len MacKay stays Excise Act and Criminal Code charges against Connor Paul and Scott Paul in Amherst Provincial Court. AMHERST, NS – Crown Prosecutor Len MacKay dropped serious charges against two Mi’kmaq men in order to sidestep a constitutional showdown over whether former National Chief Delbert Riley can represent Indigenous defendants in court….
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Sept 17th 2025 Statement from the Mi’kmaw gathered at Tqamuoweye’katik (Hunters Mountain) Unamaki, Eastern Mi’kma’ki (Cape Breton, NS)
Mi’kmaw may add their names to the statement here: https://forms.gle/Rbbzz6bHLTqgctrR6. We are the Mi’kmaq heirs of the unceded and sacred lands of our ancestors. We issue this statement on behalf of the Mi’kmaw people who are currently protecting our Nation’s resources, title and rights at Tqamuoweye’katik (Hunter’s mountain). —————————————————————————————————- 1. Collective Representation Now and Beyond…
Mi’kmaw land protector hopes that sharing his son’s story will help protect Hunter’s Mountain
Frederick Sylliboy holding a plaque that was made to honour his son Kris. Photo: Angel Moore/APTN.
Mi’kmaq Media Team Detained by RCMP
On September 13th, 2025 the MRA Media Team was out on assignment, documenting the devastation of unceded Mi’kmaw lands on Hunter’s Mountain. The team was being surveilled by a helicopter they later identified as an Airbus H125, a common civilian helicopter but also used by the Nova Scotia RCMP as requested from the federal branch….
Letters of support for Mi’kmaq at Hunter’s Mountain
Below you will find a collection of letters of support that come in for the Mi’kmaq protesting logging activity on Hunter’s Mountain, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. This page will be updated as more letters of support come in. If you or your organization would like to send a letter of support you can e-mail micmacrights@gmail.com…
We demand the immediate termination of the Cape Breton Regional Police Services policing agreement with Membertou First Nation!
Sign the petition to support William Paul and Paul MacDonald. It reads as follows: Loading… Whereas, police officers belonging to the Cape Breton Regional Police Service (CBRPS) raided the premises of Sully’s Trading Post and Belly Busters Pizza & Donair on the unceded Mi’kmaw lands of Membertou First Nation on December 13th, 2022 and unlawfully…