Charges against two fish harvesters who were involved in a violent altercation over the elver eel fishery in April 2023 were withdrawn in Halifax Provincial Court on April 18.

Crown attorney Ben Hoskins informed Judge Ann Marie Simmons that weapons charges against Robert Sack, 45, and Stephen Michael, 48, from the Sipekne’katik First Nation, N.S. were being withdrawn after they completed a restorative justice program with the Mi’kmaw Legal Support Network.

Sack and Michael were charged following an altercation over the elver eel fishery in Hubbards, N.S. in the early morning hours of April 13, 2023. Sack was charged with careless use of a fire…

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