Judge shuts down lawsuit launched by group opposed to Sipekne’katik First Nation fishery
Judge shuts down lawsuit launched by group opposed to Sipekne’katik First Nation fishery

People stand on rocks overlooking the ocean, one of them holding a red and white flag.

A Nova Scotia judge has dismissed a lawsuit launched by a commercial fishing group that argued Sipekne’katik First Nation’s fishery in the province’s southwest was unlawful and wanted the court to declare the band does not have a treaty right to commercial lobster fishing.