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By John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Daily Gleaner Many legal experts and Indigenous activists are anxiously waiting for a decision in a Campbellton courtroom on Oct. 30. That\u2019s the date Provincial Court Judge Martin Goguen delivers a verdict for three Mi\u2019kmaq fishermen accused of trying to poach lobsters at the New Mills wharf in northern New Brunswick. The case has caused a stir, one that a former national First Nation chief says is the latest in a series of raids by \u201cCarney\u2019s I.C.E. agents,\u201d comparing the actions of Prime Minister Mark Carney and federal enforcement officials with the controversial tactics of President Donald Trump and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The boat captain, Chris Labillois of Eel River Bar, is charged with fishing lobster using traps without valid… <\/p>\n

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By John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Daily Gleaner Many legal experts and Indigenous activists are anxiously waiting for a decision in a Campbellton courtroom on Oct. 30. That\u2019s the date Provincial Court Judge Martin Goguen delivers a verdict for three Mi\u2019kmaq fishermen accused of trying to poach lobsters at the New Mills wharf in northern New Brunswick. The case has caused a stir, one that a former national First Nation chief says is the latest in a series of raids by \u201cCarney\u2019s I.C.E. agents,\u201d comparing the actions of Prime Minister Mark Carney and federal enforcement officials with the controversial tactics of President Donald Trump and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The boat captain, Chris Labillois of Eel River Bar, is charged with fishing lobster using traps without valid... <\/p>\n

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