Media Links 2022

January 19, 2022
Memorandum of Understanding provides a framework for collaboration to move forward in establishing the national park reserve
Government of Canada News Release

January 19, 2022
The Government of Canada and the Epekwitk Mi’kmaq sign agreement toward establishing a new national park reserve in P.E.I.
Government of Canada News Release

January 19, 2022
Feds, Mi’kmaw leaders sign agreement to develop park on Hog Island
CBC News

January 19, 2022
Ottawa and First Nations in P.E.I. sign agreement to establish national park reserve
North Shore News

January 19, 2022
Epekwitk Mi’kmaq, federal government establish national park reserve along P.E.I.’s north shore
Saltwire

January 26, 2022
Feds sign agreement with Mi’kmaq leaders to develop new national park in PEI
West Prince Graphic

February 1, 2022
Mi’kmaq Hope To Protect Part Of Prince Edward Island
National Parks Traveler

April 1, 2022
Lennox Island chief happy with Pope’s apology, but hopes it doesn’t end there
CBC News

April 4, 2022
Papal apology a step on the long road of reconciliation, says P.E.I. senator
CBC News

April 4, 2022
Canada Supports New Affordable Homes in Prince Edward Island
Government of Canada

April 4, 2022
Ottawa and P.E.I. invest nearly $7M in affordable housing for vulnerable Islanders
SaltWire Network

April 4, 2022
Governments of P.E.I., Canada, announce $6.7 million in funding for affordable housing
SaltWire Network

April 28, 2022
P.E.I.’s Lennox Island First Nation to launch treaty lobster fishery without DFO deal
CBC News

April 29, 2022
Abegweit First Nation says it won’t launch treaty lobster fishery off P.E.I. this year
CBC News

April 29, 2022
P.E.I. asking Ottawa to change name of Confederation Bridge to Epekwitk Crossing
APTN News

April 29, 2022
P.E.I. government, Opposition call for changing name of Confederation Bridge to Epekwitk Crossing
SaltWire Network

May 1, 2022
Moderate livelihood fishery in Abegweit First Nation not coming until community consensus
SaltWire Network

May 2, 2022
RCMP working alongside First Nations in P.E.I. during moderate livelihood fishery opening, negotiations: minister
SaltWire Network

May 3, 2022
P.E.I. First Nation to launch fishery without government approval
CTV News

May 6, 2022
Why Lennox Island First Nation launching a treaty fishery without federal approval is significant
CBC News

May 6, 2022
IN PHOTOS: Missing and murdered Indigenous women remembered in Charlottetown
SaltWire Network

May 8, 2022
Moderate livelihood fishery opens in Lennox Island, P.E.I.
SaltWire Network

May 9, 2022
No incidents, but tension simmering as Lennox Island launches treaty fishery 
CBC News

May 10, 2022
Renaming Confederation Bridge could play ‘role in reconciliation,’ says federal minister
CBC News

May 12, 2022
Lennox Island, DFO reach ‘interim understanding’ on lobster treaty fishery
CBC News

May 13, 2022
DFO ‘showed some leadership’ on P.E.I. Indigenous fishery solution, says chief
CBC News

May 13, 2022
Island First Nation has ‘interim agreement’ with regards to moderate livelihood fishery
Island Morning with Mitch Cormier

May 20, 2022
P.E.I. communities, business show pride in shared culture honoured by Mi’kmaq
SaltWire Network

May 27, 2022
Mi’kmaq Names
Island Morning with Mitch Cormier

July 12, 2022
Treaty fishery’s first season deemed a success for Lennox Island, young Indigenous fishers
SaltWire Network

July 18, 2022
First Look At The Proposed Pituamkek National Park Reserve
National Parks Traveler

July 19, 2022
Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq in negotiations with Parks Canada to co-operatively manage P.E.I. National Park
CBC News

August 11, 2022
Lennox Island treaty fishers join P.E.I.’s fall lobster fishery for 1st time 
CBC New

October 14, 2022
November 2, 2022Islanders team up with P.E.I.’s two First Nations to host first-ever Orange Jersey Day Oct. 16 
SaltWire Network

November 2, 2022
Smudging ceremony held at Province House in Charlottetown as act of reconciliation 
SaltWire Network 

November 2, 2022
Mi’kmaq on P.E.I. look to ‘reset tone’ of renovated Province House
CBC News

November 6, 2022
Mi’kmaw leaders on P.E.I. chart course for self-governance
CBC News

November 9, 2022
Nature Conservancy of Canada to buy island off western P.E.I. and give it to the Mi’kmaq
CBC News

November 9, 2022
Prince Edward Island and First Nations sign Treaty Education MOU
Government of Prince Edward Island

November 9, 2022
New agreement to promote treaty education on P.E.I.
CTV News

November 9, 2022
Nature Conservancy of Canada and PEI Mi’kmaq working in partnership to conserve significant offshore island
Nature Conservancy Canada

November 10, 2022
Nature Conservancy and Mi’kmaq form partnership to protect ecologically significant island
Wind speaker

November 10, 2022
P.E.I. signs treaty education MOU with Epekwitk Assembly of Councils
SaltWire Network

November 10, 2022
Conservation project will protect P.E.I. island, give land back to Mi’kmaq community
CTV News

November 16, 2022
Nature Conservancy of Canada to purchase Oulton’s Island off western P.E.I. 
SaltWire Network

November 22, 2022
Proposed national park reserve offers a glimpse into Mi’kmaw history 
CBC News

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