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August 2012

Education, Health

Tripartite Forum hosts Aboriginal Community Warrior Program

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The Mi’kmaq – Nova Scotia – Canada Tripartite Forum is very proud to announce that 29 Mi’kmaw community members and employees have successfully completed the Continue Reading →

Education, Youth

Busy, busy month of October…

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BOOoooOOOooo! Happy Halloween! Wow, October sure was a busy month at our LSK School. The month started off with our Treaty Day Celebrations, which were Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

4th Annual Dalhousie University Mawiomi

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Photos by Adam Gould

Culture, Education

Mi’kmawey Debert Interpretive Trail’s 10th year celebration – Photo collection

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Photos by Adam Gould & Tanya J. MacVicar

Community, Education

Mi’kmaq employment program ‘really helpful’

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SYDNEY – Membertou resident Angie Doucette is working as a human resources co-ordinator at Membertou First Nation through a program from the Mi’kmaq Employment Training Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

Isabelle Toney-Shay Knockwood A respected author, political activist, and Mi’kmaw Elder, Isabelle Toney-Shay Knockwood has worked to inspire Aboriginal peoples and other Canadians in a Continue Reading →

Letters

150th Anniversary Charlottetown Conference leading to Confederation

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Dear Editor: Surely, many Canadians will joyfully celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Charlottetown Conference that led up to the Confederation of Canada. However, as Continue Reading →

Business

RBC Provides Funding to Mi’kmaq Economic Benefits Office (MEBO)

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Membertou – The Mi’kmaq Economic Benefits Office of Nova Scotia (MEBO) recently received a $26,000 donation from RBC to support a video conferencing pilot project Continue Reading →

Legal, Letters

Letter to the Gov. of Canada, the Gov. of New Brunswick & RCMP regarding Elsipogtog community

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Dear Editor: This letter sent on December 2, 2013 to the New Brunswick Provincial Government the Federal Government and the RCMP Commissioner in Ottawa, by: Continue Reading →

Community, Youth

Christmas at Shubie FM: Third Time is the Charm

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This year, the third Santa Claus Christmas Radio Show fell on the third anniversary of Shubie FM’s broadcast license. Santa and I were on hand Continue Reading →

Community

In Memorium – Reginald Maloney

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June 6, 1941 – December 3, 2013 On Tuesday, December 3, 2013, Keptin Saqamow Reginald Maloney, 72, left us forever when he passed away in Continue Reading →

Community

Remembrance Day Paqtnkek

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On November 11, 2013 members from the Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation gathered at the St. Anne’s church in Summerside to honour our Native Veterans who have Continue Reading →