Tensions rise in Nova Scotia over indigenous fishing treaty rights.

A first nation’s leader is calling on Ottawa to send the military into fishing communities in southwestern Nova Scotia after a suspicious fire at a lobster pound early this morning capped a week of rising tensions over indigenous fishing treaty rights.

Hundreds have stood in solidarity with the Mi’kmaq fishers who have been accused of illegally harvesting lobster. Protesters are calling on the federal government to uphold the treaty rights.