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August 2012

Community

‘I just want to serve my community’

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Aboriginal pre-cadet program gives Eskasoni man bird’s-eye view of policing Eskasoni – Gerard Francis has always intended to will pursue a career with the RCMP. Continue Reading →

Sports

Tripartite Forum: Working Committee Meetings for August 2014

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The Mi’kmaq – Nova Scotia – Canada Tripartite Forum currently has one Working Committee meeting scheduled for August 2014. All Tripartite Forum Working Committee meetings Continue Reading →

Health, Legal

Chiefs continue fight against fracking in NS

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In 2013, the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs established a Hydraulic Fracturing Committee to conduct research on the potential impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing and Continue Reading →

Education, Youth

Glooscap Grads

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Glooscap First Nation Council would like to congratulate our members who received their Grade 12 Diploma and our post-secondary students with their degree. We wish Continue Reading →

Legal

Since the recognition of Aboriginal and Treaty rights by the courts, there have been an increasing number of individuals who now claim Aboriginal identity. In Continue Reading →

Education, Youth

Mi’kmaq Youth in the Great Outdoors

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St. Peter’s, CB – If you were a Mi’kmaw teenager, what could be better than to spend a week this summer on the Bras d’Or Continue Reading →

Business, Legal

Moving Forward: The Supreme Court of Canada’s Ruling on Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia

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On June 26, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its ruling on Tsilhqot’in Nation v British Columbia, delivering a surprise ending to a twenty Continue Reading →

Education

Cape Breton University to provide BA program to Quebec First Nation

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Sydney – Cape Breton University is breaking new boundaries. On Tuesday, the university signed a memorandum of understanding to deliver its bachelor of arts in Continue Reading →

Business

Good for Business! Irving Shipbuilding sees Engagement of NS Mi’kmaq

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Irving Shipbuilding held a news conference July 3, 2014 at their Halifax Shipyard to announce the awarding of a major contract on the upgrade of Continue Reading →

Education, Youth

MCG: Our Water ~ Their Future

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As individual people we express ourselves in many different ways. Whether it’s through art, poems, journals, speech, clothing, or in this case photos. Everyone is Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

Pabineau Pow wow July 2014

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To the right are photos of the Pabineau Pow Wow on Sunday July 6, 2014. Held outdoors on a sunny day. The wind kept the Continue Reading →

Business

Mi’kmaq Working at Port Hawkesbury Paper

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Waycobah, NS, July 24, 2014 – “A few years ago, there were no Mi’kmaq working at the paper mill in Port Hawkesbury,” said Chief Rod Continue Reading →