“We have a right to be consulted in our own land,” said Andrea Polchies of Woodstock First Nation, who came out to the lake with her canoe at midnight Monday, the night before the spraying was scheduled to start.

Spraying of rotenone in Miramichi watershed held off for second day | CBC News

Spraying of the fish-killing pesticide rotenone in New Brunswick’s Miramichi watershed has been delayed for the second day in a row now, according to conservation officers close to Miramichi Lake. Grandmothers and mothers with the Wolastoqey First Nations began paddling on the lake on Monday, and say they intend to stay there until proper consultation happens.