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August 2012

Culture

Salmon Egg Incubator Pilot

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This winter, Mi’kmaw Conservation Group (MCG) staff and the Fort Folly Habitat Recovery team buried over 10,000 Atlantic salmon eggs in an outdoor hatchery stream Continue Reading →

Letters

Dear Editor: With apologies to the Ancestors The Saint John River Valley that our people have always known as the Wulustuk River Valley is our Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

Welcome new MCG Staff!

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Mi’kmaw Conservation Group (MCG) has grown over the winter! Adding to the Manager, Angie Gillis; Communications Officer, Kate Nelson and the Research and Education Officer, Continue Reading →

Community

National Aboriginal Fisheries Forum deemed a Success

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Over three hundred delegates, nearly double the foreseen amount crowded into the Vancouver Island Convention Centre in Nanaimo, British Colombia on October 2-4, 2012, to Continue Reading →

Culture

Dear Editor Calling all Mi’kmaq Elders, Aboriginal Elders, Mi’kmaq/Aboriginal peoples and non-natives who would like to help the Mi’kmaq Burial Ground Research and Restoration Association Continue Reading →

Business, Education

A wealth of outdoor education just steps away

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Many people think of classrooms as only being rooms with desks inside a school. But on the grounds surrounding Arcadia Consolidated School an outdoor classroom Continue Reading →

Legal, Letters

Open letter to Chiefs & Councils from KMKNO

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February 28, 2013 Dear Chiefs & Councils: Thank you for bringing forward questions from your community with respect to the Negotiation process and on Kwilmu’kw Continue Reading →

Business, Community

Unama’ki Communities Sign Apprenticeship Agreement

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Unama’ki, NS, March 6, 2013…. The five First Nation communities in Cape Breton (Unama’ki) are taking a collaborative approach to increase Aboriginal participation in the Continue Reading →

Letters

Frustration clouded over my eyes, but now I see

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Dear Chief Gloade, Please share this letter with Millbrook First Nations people and friends who were part of the Highway 102 Blockage on December 21, Continue Reading →

Community

Tribute to My Dad – The Late Keptin Ryan Paul

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I have always been a firm believer that the true success of a man should not be measured by how much wealth he has accumulated Continue Reading →

Culture, Education, Youth

Memorial drafts policy on smudging and kullik-burning

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MUN set to be the first university to allow kullik-burning on campus St. John’s (CUP) – Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) is currently in the Continue Reading →

Community

Governments invest in infrastructure project to benefit Abegweit

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The children and families of Abegweit will benefit from federal and provincial support for enhancements being undertaken at the Abegweit Community Centre. The Honourable Gail Continue Reading →