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The McNeil Government will offer an apology and posthumous pardon to the first elected Mi’kmaq grand chief.
Gabriel Sylliboy passed away in 1964. He was convicted of hunting illegally in 1927 but took his fight to the provincial Supreme Court, claiming treaty rights as his defence. He lost,but the Supreme Court of Canada later affirmed them.
There’s been yet another adjournment in the trial of Thomas Ted Barrett, charged with the murder of Laura Catherine Jessome in 2012.
There have already been 30 adjournments recorded in the case as Barrett has had trouble keeping lawyers.
He was due to go to trial in May but his newest lawyer says he’s needs more time to prepare his case, so the judge has put it off until October.
Barrett remains in custody serving a life-sentence for another murder.