by ux7VejJ4UFQD92McPqk8gz | Jun 5, 2024
OTTAWA, Ontario—Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Whit Fraser will undertake their first official visit to New Brunswick from June 4 to 7, 2024. The visit to New Brunswick will focus on reconciliation, digital...
by AAEDIRP News AAEDIRP News | Aug 8, 2023
The Wolastogiyik Wahsipekuk First Nation, the only Maliseet community in Québec, has acquired an electric hybrid fishing vessel to enhance its commercial fishing activities. The decision was made after attending a boat show where Québec-built aluminum boats were...
by AAEDIRP News AAEDIRP News | Aug 8, 2023
The Passamaquoddy First Nation’s newly developed hybrid lobster boat, called Hybrid One, has been created by P.E.I. engineering company Aspin Kemp & Associates. This innovative vessel features a diesel-electric hybrid system, providing power and efficiency...
by AAEDIRP News AAEDIRP News | Nov 3, 2022
Catching and selling lobster during the fall season is how some Mi’kmaw fishermen of Potlotek First Nation make a living. “We’re just trying to catch some lobster to sell and feed our kids and give our family a roof over their head,” said Mi’kmaw fisherman Craig...
by AAEDIRP News AAEDIRP News | Oct 17, 2022
A four-day Bay of Fundy expedition earlier this month was life-changing for one Wolastoqey youth. “If I didn’t get on that ship I wouldn’t have gotten the opportunity to do everything I did on there,” said Korey Lyons, from Sistansisk...
by AAEDIRP News AAEDIRP News | Sep 28, 2022
On September 26 the Listuguj Mi’gmaq First Nation (“Listuguj”) began its fall lobster fishery. The fishery is an exercise of the community’s rights under the Peace and Friendship Treaties. This year, for the first time, the Department...
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