KAMLOOPS, British Columbia, Oct. 16 -- The British Columbia Assembly of First Nations issued the following statement: The First Nations Leadership Council (a collaborative working relationship between BC Assembly of First Nations, First Nations Summit and Union of BC Indian Chiefs - [FNLC]) strongly denounces the abhorrent violence and disregard for the law by non-indigenous protesters who have disrupted and interfered with the legal and constitutionally protected rights of the Mi'kmaq people.   more

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 16 -- The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs issued the following news release: The First Nations Leadership Council (a collaborative working relationship between BC Assembly of First Nations, First Nations Summit and Union of BC Indian Chiefs - [FNLC]) strongly denounces the abhorrent violence and disregard for the law by non-indigenous protesters who have disrupted and interfered with the legal and constitutionally protected rights of the Mi'kmaq people.  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Oct. 14 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: The Lobster and Jonah Crab Research Fleet, organized by the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation (CFRF), was established in 2013. It has collected biological data from nearly 160,000 American lobsters and about 90,000 Jonah crabs from the Gulf of Maine and south to the Mid-Atlantic. Sensors on their gear record bottom-water temperatures. In September, the Northeast Fi  more