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Culture, Sports

‘Godfather’ of Eskasoni Basketball Continues to Impact Community

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It was the summer of 1999 when 15-year-old John Denny Sylliboy started playing basketball with his friends in Eskasoni, the largest Mi’kmaw First Nation, which Continue Reading →

Culture, Sports

Mi’kmaw Archer Passes Down Traditions

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Inside The Barn archery range, located just outside the Mi’kmaw community of Membertou, Unama’ki (Cape Breton), Clifford Paul prepares to shoot an arrow from his Continue Reading →

Culture, Sports

“The story doesn’t end with me”: Sharing knowledge, culture through sport.

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In July 2023, thousands of Indigenous athletes will journey to an area of Mi’kma’ki we now call Nova Scotia to compete in the North American Continue Reading →

Business, Community, Culture, Eco

Wolastogiyik Wahsipekuk First Nation Invests in Electric Hybrid Fishing Vessel

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Located on the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River about 190 kilometres north of Québec City, the picturesque Wolastogiyik Wahsipekuk First Nation, the Continue Reading →

Community, Health, Sports

First Mi’kmaw to Run the Cabot Trail in its Entirety

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In the Cape Breton Highlands of Unama’ki, Darren Sylvester, 51, of Membertou, became the first Mi’kmaw to run the Cabot Trail in its entirety. In Continue Reading →

Community

APCFNC Welcomes our NEW Health Intern

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Eco

Assembly Calls for Avon River Ministerial Order to be Reinstated

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On June 1, the Nova Scotia Provincial Emergency Management Office announced they would be closing the gates at the Avon causeway in Windsor, to re-establish Continue Reading →

Financial

Federal Carbon Tax Unacceptable

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Eco

Potlotek Apiary

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I went to check out the Potlotek Apiary with the ALHS students. The apiary is located right next to the Potlotek Greenhouse. We got there Continue Reading →

Obituaries

Assembly offers Condolences to the Family and Friends of Daniel Paul

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Community, Culture

Federation of Foster Families of Nova Scotia – Annual General Assembly

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Federation of Foster Families of Nova Scotia held their Annual General Assembly on May 26-28, 2023 at Glengarry Hotel in Truro. Foster families from eastern Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

Investments in New Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre

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Wije’winen Centre, a new Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre in Halifax, is receiving more financial support with construction of the facility on the horizon. The Province Continue Reading →