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Esgenoôpetitj
(Burnt Church) 1999 News Index
This section archives news reports, editorials, and reader commentaries.
The goal is to make available to the general public a chronological
record of the events that occurred in Esgenoôpetitj (Burnt Church)
that are related to the Marshall Decision and New Brunswick lobster
fisheries. The archive is constructed from news and commentary taken
from on-line newspapers and news services and is updated regularly.
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November
07 - November 13, 1999
Tuesday, November
9, 1999
Not guilty pleas in fish fight
Canadian Press
October
31 - November 06, 1999
Monday, November
1, 1999
Natives respect end of lobster season to
lobster season
Canadian Press
Traps
removed
The Edmonton Sun
N.B. Indians end fishery
The Gazette (Montreal)
Natives pulling out lobster traps
The London Free Press
Sunday, October
31, 1999
Burnt
Church and broken promises: how a community can heal
By KERRY KELLY
Catholic New Times
October
17 - October 23, 1999
Saturday, October
23, 1999
Foundering on rocky logic the Supreme Court's
ruling in the Marshall Case defies reason
By BARRY COOPER AND DAVID BERCUSON
The London Free Press
Friday, October
22, 1999
Natives to observe commercial season
Canadian Press
Monday, October 18, 1999
Talks on, as Canadian fish war simmers
United Press International
Beyond Burnt Church: the lobster war
escalates into a national debate over native traditions and special rights
By JOHN
DEMONT WITH JOHN GEDDES
Maclean's
October
10 - October 16, 1999
Friday, October 15, 1999
All
sides happy with mediator in lobster war
By CHRIS MORRIS
Canadian Press
Thursday, October
14, 1999
Animosity growing in native communities
By CHRIS MORRIS AND ALISON AULD
Canadian Press
Tuesday, October 12, 1999
Reserve's women set traps as Indians defy
lobster curbs
By AMY CAMERON and MARK REID
The Gazette (Montreal)
Bands
flout new lobster rules
By KELLY TOUGHILL
The Toronto Star
Police charge 25, as fish war subsides
United Press International
Monday, October 11, 1999
Ottawa imposes strict fishing limit on reserves
By ANDREW DUFFY
The Calgary Herald
Natives defy lobster limits
The London Free Press
Solution to fish crisis satisfies neither
side
By VALERIE LAWTON
The Toronto Star
Dhaliwal puts new limits on native lobster
fishery: But two native bands in the conflict vow to ignore the fisheries
minister's edict.
By ANDREW DUFFY
The Vancouver Sun
Sunday, October 10, 1999
Mother Nature keeps natives on shore
By CHRIS MORRIS, CANADIAN PRESS
The Calgary Herald
Weather foils defiant natives
The London Free Press
Weather forces break in fishing protest
By VALERIE LAWTON
The Toronto Star
Communities torn asunder in lobster
war
By VALERIE LAWTON
The Toronto Star
Natives promise to defy new fishing
rules
By CASSANDRA SZKLARSKI AND BRIAN DALY
Canadian Press
Ottawa to allow limited native fishery
By LEANNE YOHEMAS-HAYES
Canadian Press
October
03- October 09, 1999
Saturday,
October 9, 1999
Uneasy calm prevails as Mi'kmaqs set traps:
More talks urged as holdout band members defy moratorium on fishing
By RICK MOFINA
Ottawa Citizen
Defiant natives foiled by bad weather
By CHRIS MORRIS
Canadian Press
Burnt Church natives ignore plea to stop
fishing
By RICK MOFINA
Calgary Herald
Friday, October 8, 1999
Aboriginal fishermen reject chiefs' plea:
The call for a self-imposed moratorium on fishing has been rejected because
''to do anything else would be criminal,'' Burnt Church First Nation controller
says.
By RICK MOFINA
The Gazette (Montreal)
Natives
say moratorium won't swim
Canadan
Press
Natives return to sea
Canadian Press
Hope
fades for peaceful end to Native-fishery dispute
By KELLY TOUGHILL and VALERIE LAWTON
The Toronto Star
Native
fishermen vow to return to lobster grounds: The moratorium is expected
to end when new traps arrive to replace those destroyed by non- aboriginals.
The Vancouver
Sun
Thursday, October
7, 1999
Burnt Church natives promise revenge for
sabotaged traps
By COLIN GREY
The Ottawa Citizen
Indians resume lobster fishery as solution
eludes Dhaliwal
The Vancouver Sun
Natives vow to fight voluntary moratorium
on lobster fishing
The Vancouver Sun
New Brunswick natives vow to continue
fishing
By CHRIS MORRIS and CASSANDRA SZKLARSKI
Canadian Press
Wednesday, October 6, 1999
Trade rights: Lawmaking courts goofed in
fishery regulations ruling
Calgary Herald
Fish dispute creates mood of suspicion:
Feelings harden amid burnings, vandalism
By COLIN GREY
The Ottawa Citizen
Residents living under 'state of siege':
Vandalism, mistrust kill neighbourly relations
By ALISON AULD
The Ottawa Citizen
Both sides blame greed for fish war
By KELLY TOUGHILL
The Toronto Star
Preferential rights lead to chaos
The Vancouver Sun
Moratorium proposal infuriates Burnt
Church natives
By ALISON AULD
Canadian Press
Jittery non-native residents fear for
safety
By ALISON AULD
Canadian Press
Tuesday, October 5, 1999
Native warriors take control of wharf: Fishermen
poised to defy Ottawa's attempt to close down fishery
By RICK MOFINA
The Calgary Herald
Tensions simmer in East Coast fish feud:
Minister threatens to shut fishery if violence continues
By RICK MOFINA
The Gazette (Montreal)
Native fishermen want RCMP protection:
Two sides seek to ease tensions
By RICK MOFINA
The Ottawa Citizen
Tensions high in fish war
By KELLY TOUGHILL
The Toronto Star
Monday, October 4, 1999
Lobster pot boils over: Non-Indians pull unlicensed traps from N.B. waters
By MIKE TENSZEN and ALISON AULD (CP)
The Gazette (Montreal)
Lobster war boils over, three injured
in N.B. : Trucks burned, traps destroyed in dispute over fishing rights
By KELLY TOUGHILL
The Toronto Star
Tensions high in Atlantic fish fight
By ALISON AULD
Canadian Press
Sunday, October 3, 1999
Ottawa
slow to react to fishery ruling
The
London Free Press
September
26 - October 02, 1999
Friday,
October 1, 1999
Fisheries and Oceans: Minister Dhaliwal
Provides Update Statement on Marshall Case Ruling
Canadian
Press
Dhaliwal
to propose fish accord: Minister caught in struggle over native fishing
rights
The Ottawa
Citizen
Thursday, September
30, 1999
East Coast Indians to keep fishing
By RICK MOFINA
The Gazette (Montreal )
Keep
fishing, chiefs tell Atlantic Indians: Critics say the Supreme Court of
Canada has handed aboriginals unfettered access to fragile fishery resources.
By CHRIS MORRIS
The Vancouver Sun
Wednesday, September 29, 1999
Marshall urges calm over fishing rights
The London Free Press
Fishing rights
The Toronto Star
Native urges talks to avoid fishing
war
By KELLY TOUGHILL
The Toronto Star
Tuesday, September 28, 1999
Marshall urges fishermen to remain calm
By ALISON AULD
Canadian Press
Monday, September 27, 1999
Fisheries and Oceans: Dhaliwal Provides Update
Following Marshall Case Ruling
Canadian Press
Fishermen give N.S. one week to curb Indians'
lobster-trapping
The Gazette (Montreal)
Worth
repeating, Marshall ruling now means negotiation
The Toronto
Star
September
19 - September 25, 1999
Wednesday, September
22, 1999
Micmac go fishing following top court's
ruling
Calgary Herald
Ruling revives Native fishery on east
coast
By KEVIN CARMICHAEL
The London Free Press
Micmacs start fishing after high court
ruling
The Toronto Star
Tuesday, September 21, 1999
Donald Marshall ruling cited in N.B. logging
case
By CHRIS MORRIS
The Gazette (Montreal)
A right so wrong
The Ottawa Citizen
Monday, September 20, 1999
Fisheries
and Oceans: Dhaliwal Makes Statement on Marshall Case Ruling
Canadian Press
September
12 - September 18, 1999
Saturday, September
18, 1999
Treaty signed in 1760 still valid, says
top court
The Calgary Herald
N.S. Natives' win on fishing a legal landmark
By ALISON AULD
The London Free Press
It's law victory No. 2 for battling
Marshall
By CHRIS COBB
Calgary Herald
Landmark win for Micmacs: High-court ruling
sets standard for treaty interpretation
By RICK MOFINA
The Gazette (Montreal)
High court upholds native treaty rights:
Donald Marshall not guilty of trapping eels without a licence, judges
rule
By RICK MOFINA
The Ottawa Citizen
'I don't want to see the Supreme Court
again': Donald Marshall Jr. fought the law twice. Yesterday, he won again.
By CHRIS COBB
The Ottawa Citizen
Micmacs hail supreme court victory
KELLY TOUGHILL and VALERIE LAWTON
The Toronto Star
Top court upholds 1760 aboriginal treaty:
The ruling in favour of native rights could establish a new approach to
treaty disputes.
By RICK MOFINA
The Vancouver Sun
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