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    Fireworks are fired from a lobster boat as fishers leave the West Dover wharf at first light on Dumping Day Monday, November 30, 2020 - marking the beginning of the lucrative commercial lobster season in LFA 33/34 on the South Shore of Nova Scotia. (Darren Calabrese)

    A feel-good moment for the Nova Scotia lobster fishery

    Image of the Week: The fireworks around ‘Dumping Day’ were the type you’re actually glad to see

    The treacherous Darnley channel, between Malpeque Bay and a nearby wharf, is a worry for fishers who need to navigate it during lobster season (James Harper)

    P.E.I. lobster fishers risk it all just to leave their harbour. And they’re fed up.

    High winds and strong tides clog Darnley channel with sand, forcing captains to risk running aground. Some say the only solution is building a new $42-million harbour—but Ottawa isn’t ponying up.

    Brazen thieves are pinching lobster from East Coast fishermen

    The price of Canadian lobster is soaring, thanks to the U.S.-China trade war. So, alas, are dockside heists.

    What it feels like to go lobster fishing in P.E.I.

    What it feels like to go lobster fishing in P.E.I.