Tensions rise on Nova Scotia river as Indigenous eel fishers reject Ottawa rules

In 2011, Amanda Faulkner was fresh out of law school, single and approaching thirty. She knew she wanted to have kids at some point, but she also knew that, as a new lawyer, it wasn’t on the immediate horizon. So Faulkner proactively reached out to a doctor to discuss fertility options. She was twenty-eight years old when she started looking into freezing her eggs. Faulkner’s case wasn’t standard, however; she had never had a menstrual cycle, and from a specialist, she learned that she didn’t have any eggs either. She was diagnosed with primary ovarian insufficiency. She had to confront...