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Mi’kmaw staff member: “It looked like he was willing to kill someone over weed, like he was ready to pull out his gun and shoot me.”

RCMP escalate their violent campaign of treaty breaking by unlawfully raiding Top Shelf Treaty Truck House in Millbrook First Nation with hands on guns. By Dispensing Freedom Staff MILLBROOK FIRST NATION – On July 30, 2025, officers from the Millbrook and Bible Hill RCMP detachments raided the Top Shelf Treaty…

RCMP Target Indigenous Cannabis in 2024 – 2025 Plan

The RCMP published its targets and goals for 2024-2025 in its Departmental Plan which includes more “engagement” with Indigenous communities on cannabis. The Federal government also released the Renewal of the funding for the existing Federal framework for the legalization and regulation of cannabis in Canada (Horizontal initiative) the long-winded…

RCMP launches widescale raids in Nova Scotia, MRA fights back

Since February 4th 2025 the Nova Scotia RCMP has been launching near-daily raids on Mi’kmaq-owned truckhouses belonging to members of the Micmac Rights Association. While the NS-RCMP regularly conducts raids on Indigenous truckhouses and fisheries the scale and aggressiveness of the recent raids are unprecedented.  Some of the aggressive and…

Indigenous cannabis store owner fights back

From The Whig Standard by Sabrina Beford December 27 2024 The owner of the cannabis shop raided twice by Kingston Police is refusing to back down, insisting he has a constitutionally protected right to operate his business.  Article content Robert Fisher Tehonikonrathe is the Indigenous owner of the MyLegacy cannabis…

Indigenous Communities and Cannabis: Empowerment or Exploitation?

From NUG Magazine by Steve December 25 2024 The relationship between Indigenous communities and cannabis is multifaceted, characterized by historical trauma, socio-economic challenges, and emerging opportunities. As legalization trends gain momentum in various parts of the world, including the United States and Canada, Indigenous communities are at a crossroads: should…

Precedent rules in tobacco acquittal

From The Eastern Door by Marcus Bankuti December 20 2024 Brooklyn Leblanc hunkered down with many other people to stand up for Kanien’kehá:ka sovereignty in what became known as the Oka Crisis. “I fought from beginning to end in 1990, in the forest every night,” he said. Now 73 years…