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Edward French

2010

Island fisherman swept into office on Conservative tide

A Campobello fisherman will be the first islander ever elected to be a member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, as Charlotte-Campobello candidate Curtis Malloch was swept into office along with a large majority of other Progressive Conservative (PC) candidates in the September 27...

2010

Canaport signs LNG contract

The Saint John LNG terminal earlier this month picked up a new contract to help ensure its supply of natural gas. On October 7 Repsol and Qatargas signed a multiyear agreement under which Qatargas will supply liquefied natural gas to Repsol Energy Canada Ltd. at the Canaport LNG facility.

2010

Fish farmers challenged by sea lice outbreaks

Sea lice outbreaks at salmon farms in Passamaquoddy and Cobscook bays this summer have contributed, along with warm water temperatures, to the loss of thousands of fish and presented a significant challenge to the industry, but the losses have not placed the fish farming companies in financial...

2010

Rockweed harvest ramps up debate on intertidal access

The controversy over rockweed harvesting in Cobscook Bay, which had simmered down this summer, may begin again soon, as three individuals are planning to start harvesting in the bay this fall, using a mechanical harvester being built in Eastport.

2010

Tribe asserts right to fish in federal waters

A dispute over Native rights to fish in federal waters is heating up, with the Passamaquoddy Tribe asserting that while tribal members will follow federal fishery conservation laws, they do not need federal licenses.

2010

Cleaves, Soctomah win tribal elections

Reuben "Clayton" Cleaves was elected the new Passamaquoddy governor at Sipayik, and Madonna Soctomah was chosen as tribal representative in the state legislature, during tribal elections held on September 7 and 8. Cleaves received 217 votes for governor, besting Hilda Lewis, who received 123 votes.

2010

Tribal members speak out on racial profiling

Newell Lewey, a member of the Sipayik Criminal Justice Commission, knows first-hand what it's like to be a victim of what he believes is racial profiling. The Passamaquoddy man says, "I'm 80% random myself," pointing out that over three-quarters of the time that he crosses the border between...