Mi'kmaq Band Drops Legal Case on N.S. Lobster Fishery

A Mi’kmaq band has dropped a legal case alleging Ottawa was violating its treaty rights in the lobster fishery, after hopes were raised of a historic deal.
Last December, the lawyer for Sipekne'katik First Nation told Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice John Keith that discussions with Ottawa to settle the matter were "moving to a conclusion."
Keith gave the parties until June 16 to finish the mediation, but said at that point the case would carry on before the courts...
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